Author: James Salter

Quotes

I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be.

I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be.

- James Salter

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

- James Salter

There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

- James Salter

If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time.

If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time.

- James Salter

I wasted time writing films. I don't look back on those years as lost, but it wasn't what I should have been doing.

I wasted time writing films. I don't look back on those years as lost, but it wasn't what I should have been doing.

- James Salter

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

- James Salter

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

- James Salter

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

- James Salter

Happiness is often at its most intense when it is based on inequality.

Happiness is often at its most intense when it is based on inequality.

- James Salter

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