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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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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 notice anything.

People never notice anything.

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 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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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....

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?

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

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

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,...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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...