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.

Happiness is often at its most intense when it is based on inequality.

Happiness is often at its most intense when it is based on inequality.

James Salter

I sometimes say that I don't make anything up - obviously that's not true. But I am uninterested in writers who say that everything comes out of the imagination. I would rather be in a room with someone who is telling the story of his life, which may be exaggerated and even have lies in it, but I want to hear the true story, essentially.

James Salter

Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it, the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth.

Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it, the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth.

James Salter

I've made an effort to nurture the feminine in myself. I don't mean overtly, but in terms of response to things.

I've made an effort to nurture the feminine in myself. I don't mean overtly, but in terms of response to things.

James Salter

A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.

A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.

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

It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was Joe Fox at Random House, and he wound up editing a subsequent book.

It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was Joe Fox at Random House, and he wound up editing a subsequent book.

James Salter

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

James Salter

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

James Salter

In 1957, I decided: write or perish.

In 1957, I decided: write or perish.

James Salter

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