Author: J. D. Salinger

Quotes

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

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

- 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

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

- J. D. Salinger

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.

- 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

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

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

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

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

- J. D. Salinger

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