Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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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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 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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I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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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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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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I just hope that one day – preferably when we’re both blind drunk – we can talk about it.
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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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Sleep tight, ya morons!
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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 can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood.
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You don’t know how to talk to people you don’t like. Don’t love, really. You can’t live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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People are always ruining things for you.
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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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I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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I’m one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.
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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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People always clap for the wrong reasons.
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I’m up to my ears in unwritten words.
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How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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Nobody who’s really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies.
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