An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

Quote by J D Salinger

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I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I...

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I...

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do...

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do...

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.