J. D. Salinger Quotes

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J. D. Salinger

Profession : Novelist

Birth : January 1, 1919

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

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People never believe you.

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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

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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.

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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

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People never notice anything.

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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

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I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

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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.

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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.

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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

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