Author: James Salter

Quotes

I've always said that I felt women are more heroic.

I've always said that I felt women are more heroic.

- 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 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

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

- James Salter

On the Internet, everyone is writing. There is a great flowering of writing.

On the Internet, everyone is writing. There is a great flowering of writing.

- 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

There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

- James Salter

In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.

In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.

- James Salter

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