Did you ever get fed up?’ I said. ‘I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?
J. D. SALINGERAn artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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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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Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.
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She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
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I could happily lie down and die sometimes.
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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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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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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.
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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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I love to write and I assure you I write regularly. But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.
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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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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I’m crazy. I swear to God I am.
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