J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salingerwas an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 January 1919
CountryUnited States of America
love life courage
I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
laughter stupid mean
And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
hate writing phony
Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.
inspiring love-you etc
I love you to pieces, distraction, etc.
distance blood circles
We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle.
book coffee doors
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
hate holden catchers
All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
hate thinking people
I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do
choices poet materials
The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
education teacher thinking
You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.
people literature suitcases
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
book reading writing
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
hate looks dresses
Don't hate me because I can't remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.
funny mom mother
Mothers are all slightly insane.