All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

Quote by J D Salinger

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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

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...

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

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

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

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...

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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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...

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...

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,...

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?

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

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....