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 airtightdeeplyfeel Change image and share on social
He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world. J. D. Salinger accuseagonycreate Change image and share on social
I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. J. D. Salinger illiteratelotread Change image and share on social
They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good. J. D. Salinger actactorcelebrity Change image and share on social
Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. J. D. Salinger blueendgoddam Change image and share on social
An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. J. D. Salinger artistconcernkind Change image and share on social
Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions. J. D. Salinger emotionpersonallypoet Change image and share on social
How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it? J. D. Salinger untill Change image and share on social
You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart. J. D. Salinger bastardcryeye Change image and share on social