A shelf of classics for our young adults: Tolkien, Hesse, Casteneda, Kerouac, Salinger, Tom Robbins, and _The Last Whole Earth Catalog_. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
[Jerome David] Salinger was really taken to the cleaners by nasty critics in his day. I think Joan Didion was one of… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
When I read Jerome D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" that was the first time I felt my mind blow open.… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere swanky for lunch. It… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I was reading for understanding. I wanted to do to a reader what Salinger did for me. — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“I'm just like any other person you can meet and greet on the street and like or not like. I'm not Holden… — Brian Celio Copy Share Image
“I also say "Boy" a lot. Partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image