Quotes by J. D. Salinger

About J. D. Salinger:

Jerome David "J. D." Salinger was an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.
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Mothers are all slightly insane.

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It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

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An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

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I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

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They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.

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He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.

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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

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I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

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Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

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Author Bio

  • NameJ. D. Salinger
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • AliasesJerome David Salinger
  • BornJanuary 1, 1919
  • DiedJanuary 27, 2010
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Catcher In The Rye; Nine Stories; Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters And Seymour: An Introduction; Franny And Zooey