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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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