The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
J. D. SALINGERSleep tight, ya morons!
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Mothers are all slightly insane.
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There are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable to say I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.
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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly.
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Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew–knew–that we’re carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we’re all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
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People are always ruining things for you.
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I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
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People never notice anything.
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You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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It’s not too bad when the sun’s out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
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