You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.

Quote by J D Salinger

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

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...

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.

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 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 believe you.

People never believe you.

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.

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...