Author: J. D. Salinger

Quotes

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

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

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 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

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

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'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

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

- J. D. Salinger

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