Jerzy Kosinski Quotes

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.

And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

A personal library is a reflection of who you are and who you want to be, of what you value and what you desire, of how much you know and how much more you'd like to know.

I want to challenge people to find out who they are.

I feel like I didn't know who I was when I was 15. I don't feel like you're who you are for life, not even when you're 20.

Every country I go to, I learn a little bit more about myself.

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.

Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life. I think it's a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.

I have a really wide range of interests and I've still got time to work out my exact direction.

I got my high school diploma and a degree from the University of California. But most important, I got myself together and found out who I was and how I could proceed without destroying myself.

I enjoy exploring and finding myself.

I'm interested in doing anything that teaches me something.

When I first started, I was definitely reserved,. I was still trying to find myself.

'Days Before Rodeo' is just the journey of me finding out who I am.

All your life you compare and contrast, explore and search. But knowing yourself well is, well, elusive.

Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.

I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.

Ask yourself honestly, who do you wanna be and what are you willing to do to become that person?

I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.