Author: James Salter

Quotes

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

- James Salter

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