Author: J. D. Salinger

Quotes

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

- J. D. Salinger

I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

- J. D. Salinger

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

- J. D. Salinger

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

- J. D. Salinger

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

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