Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you. James Salter brotherclearclose share on social
My ideal is a book that is perfect on every page, that gives you tremendous aesthetic joy on every page. I suppose I am trying to write such a book. James Salter aestheticbookideal Change image and share on social
I love to write about Nabokov and also to think about him. I love his attitude that he is incomparable, his lofty judgments and general scorn of other writers - not all of them, of course. James Salter attitudegeneralincomparable Change image and share on social
I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live. James Salter bourgeoisdictatefind Change image and share on social
Certain people can keep a word tune, so to speak, and certain people cannot. And, above all, certain people can tell a story, and other people can't. They don't hear that point where something else has to come. James Salter hearpeoplepoint share on social
The notion that anything can be invented wholly and that these invented things are classified as 'fiction' and that other writing, presumably not made up, is called 'nonfiction' strikes me as a very arbitrary separation of things. James Salter arbitrarycallclassify share on social
There are writers for whom names mean nothing; everybody could be called John and Elizabeth, and the writing would be just as good. A name, of course, is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away. James Salter callcltheelizabeth share on social
There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection. James Salter beautyimperfectionreal Change image and share on social
The writing workshops and programs that are everywhere have encouraged writing. And if that produces more writing, it's also producing more readers of an elevated level. So all in all, a good thing. James Salter elevateencouragegood Change image and share on social
I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling. James Salter aristocracybeautyfelt Change image and share on social
