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

Quote by J D Salinger

Topics: J D Salinger Quotes

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

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

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...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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....

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...

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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?

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

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...

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

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

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.

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

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.

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.

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...

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,...

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...