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 Read Quote
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs. J. D. Salinger Read Quote
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It’s peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. J. D. Salinger Read Quote
Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone’s appropriated them. It’s an illicit act. It’s unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That’s how I feel. J. D. Salinger Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions. J. D. Salinger Read Quote
