Nobody who’s really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies.
J. D. SALINGERWhy’s it so sunny? she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy, he said.
More J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
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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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The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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Where do the ducks go in the winter?
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She was not one for emptying her face of expression.
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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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It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
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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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Listen, if you’re not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.
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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’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
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