The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

Quote by J D Salinger

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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.

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 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...

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

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

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

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...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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 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.

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.

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

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

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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...

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...

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...