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
bad care hanging hate leave leaving left mean places sad schools trying
What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by, or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse.
school crooks expensive
The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding.
goodbye hate school
I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t you feel even worse.
school athletic together
In every school I've gone to, all the athletic bastards stick together.
school guy crooks
Pencey was full of crooks. Quite a few guys came from these wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has - I'm not kidding.
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.
government russians unless
We don't want to get the Russians involved, but unless the U.S. government cooperates, we may have to.
ends
Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.