Top 34 Quotes by J. D. Salinger

About J. D. Salinger

These are some quotes by American author J. D. Salinger Novelist, who lived between January 1, 1919 and January 27, 2010.

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

J. D. Salinger

I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

J. D. Salinger

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

J. D. Salinger

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

J. D. Salinger

What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in a while. 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.

J. D. Salinger

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

J. D. Salinger

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

J. D. Salinger

I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.

I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.

J. D. Salinger

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

J. D. Salinger

There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

J. D. Salinger

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