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

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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 the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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

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

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

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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.

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.