Top 62 Quotes by James Salter

About James Salter

These are some quotes by American author James Salter Novelist, who lived between June 10, 1925 and June 19, 2015.

It's great to listen to men talk about sports or fights or war or even hunting sometimes, but the presence of the other, the presence of art and beauty, which crude masculinity seems to discount, is essential. Real civilization and real manhood seem to me to include those.

James Salter

Life passes into pages if it passes into anything.

Life passes into pages if it passes into anything.

James Salter

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

James Salter

I've known the anxiety of being completely lost, flying at night. It can be extreme. You're travelling at close to five hundred miles an hour, and every minute that goes by takes you further into being lost unless you get help from ground radar somewhere or somehow figure out the error.

James Salter

My first book was published without any editorial advice. Nobody said, 'You might do this or that,' or 'Why don't we see more of this.' I merely took the book and published it.

My first book was published without any editorial advice. Nobody said, 'You might do this or that,' or 'Why don't we see more of this.' I merely took the book and published it.

James Salter

There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

James Salter

West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view.

West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view.

James Salter

I wasted time writing films. I don't look back on those years as lost, but it wasn't what I should have been doing.

I wasted time writing films. I don't look back on those years as lost, but it wasn't what I should have been doing.

James Salter

Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots.

Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots.

James Salter

There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.

There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.

James Salter

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