Author: James Salter

Quotes

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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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 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

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

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