Author: J. D. Salinger

Quotes

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

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 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

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

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

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'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 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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