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
people want ifs
If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable.
watches ifs showing-off
If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more.
kings stills ifs
Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.
kids people ifs
Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it.
ifs
if somebody at least listens it not too bad
hate one-thing ifs
If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.
stuff mood ifs
If you're not in the mood, you can't do that stuff right.
fed lousy mean scared unless
Did you ever get fed up? I said. “I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
Yes. That's it. That's the document. Where did you get it?
hell instead saying
Why the hell don'tcha, instead of keep saying it?
funny memorable missing
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
mean scared feds
Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
point reached saying sure totally
We have now reached the point where we are totally sure what we are saying is true.
people plotting suspect
I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.