People never notice anything.
J. D. SALINGERI have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I’d probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn’t stink a little bit of the writer’s pride in having given up his pride.
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.
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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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That’s something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee’s all ready and it isn’t.
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I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don’t. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it’s a stupid question.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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I was sixteen then, and I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I’m about thirteen. Sometimes, I act a lot older than I am–I really do. But people never notice it. People never notice anything.
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It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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You think of the book you’d most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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