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title: "50 Salinger Quotes by 41 authors"
description: "Browse 50 Salinger quotes by 41 authors. Discover the best Salinger sayings and thoughts."
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> [(Rush are) like the JD Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadian-prog-rock/)

[Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/)

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> [I'm a big Hemingway and Salinger fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-porowski/i-m-a-big-hemingway-and-salinger-fan/)

[Antoni Porowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-porowski/)

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> [With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-alter/with-his-abc-news-experience-perhaps-pierre-salinger-s-next-job-could/)

[Jonathan Alter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-alter/)

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> [I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-think-j-d-salinger-is-correct-in-granting-no-interviews-and-in/)

[Patricia Highsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-highsmith/)

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> [“Salinger, Plath, Toole, the literature of choice for the brooding outcast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thomas/salinger-plath-toole-the-literature-of-choice-for-the-brooding-outcast/)

[Rob Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thomas/)

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> [I was reading for understanding. I wanted to do to a reader what Salinger did for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dufresne/i-was-reading-for-understanding-i-wanted-to-do-to-a-reader-what/)

[John Dufresne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dufresne/)

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> [Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/not-only-did-i-avoid-speaking-of-salinger-i-resisted-thinking-about/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

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> [“She only really enjoyed her own company. She tolerated mine, but fundamentally she was a recluse at heart, like J.D. Salinger or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-honeyman/she-only-really-enjoyed-her-own-company-she-tolerated-mine-but/)

[Gail Honeyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-honeyman/)

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> [I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sachar/i-really-began-to-love-to-read-while-in-high-school-and-my-favorite/)

[Louis Sachar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sachar/)

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> [Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/long-after-salinger-sent-me-away-i-continued-to-believe-his-standards/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

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> [I hit adolescence only to discover my autobiography had already been written; plagiarized, in fact, by a man named J.D. Salinger who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-metcalf/i-hit-adolescence-only-to-discover-my-autobiography-had-already-been/)

[Stephen Metcalf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-metcalf/)

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> [“As much as anything else, it was a stare, not so paradoxically, of a privacy-lover who, once his privacy has been invaded,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/as-much-as-anything-else-it-was-a-stare-not-so-paradoxically-of-a/)

[J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/)

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> [When I read Jerome D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" that was the first time I felt my mind blow open.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/when-i-read-jerome-d-salinger-s-the-catcher-in-the-rye-that-was-the/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

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> [I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-krasinski/i-m-a-huge-classics-fan-i-love-ernest-hemingway-and-j-d-salinger-i-m/)

[John Krasinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-krasinski/)

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> [“Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/beauties-by-anton-chekhov-the-doll-s-house-by-katherine-mansfield-a/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-cox/justin-salinger-showed-up-one-day-with-a-pink-cowboy-hat-on-and/)

[Alex Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-cox/)

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> [“That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere swanky for lunch. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/that-s-what-i-liked-about-those-nuns-you-could-tell-for-one-thing/)

[J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/)

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> [“I'm just like any other person you can meet and greet on the street and like or not like. I'm not Holden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-celio/i-m-just-like-any-other-person-you-can-meet-and-greet-on-the-street/)

[Brian Celio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-celio/)

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> [“Like most of Salinger's characters, she wouldn't be such a fuckup, you felt, if these fucked-up things didn't keep happening to her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/like-most-of-salinger-s-characters-she-wouldn-t-be-such-a-fuckup-you/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [Salinger is such a terrific writer; he did so many great things. He is one of those writers that I still reread,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/salinger-is-such-a-terrific-writer-he-did-so-many-great-things-he-is/)

[Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/)

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> [I think too much is known about me already. I think biographical information can get in the way of the reading experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/i-think-too-much-is-known-about-me-already-i-think-biographical/)

[Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/)

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> [“Historians, to be sure, have subsequently dug about in the byways of American culture and exposed signs of rebellion and dissatisfation with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/historians-to-be-sure-have-subsequently-dug-about-in-the-byways-of/)

[James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/)

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> [Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-m-soehnlein/not-a-lot-of-contemporary-fiction-is-written-about-brothers-and/)

[K. M. Soehnlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-m-soehnlein/)

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> [“He wanted to know if the master sergeant had read Auden, the twentieth century's most influential Christian poet, "English majors in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/he-wanted-to-know-if-the-master-sergeant-had-read-auden-the-twentieth/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

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> [“J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield is a literary descendant of Huck Finn: more educated and sophisticated, the son of affluent New Yorkers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/j-d-salinger-s-holden-caulfield-is-a-literary-descendant-of-huck-finn/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

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> [Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/everybody-is-different-some-writers-can-write-reams-of-great-books/)

[Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/)

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> [“Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had time yet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/let-me-repeat-i-have-not-read-all-the-work-of-this-present-generation/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [“It is, as I say, easy enough to describe Holden's style of narration; but more difficult to explain how it holds our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-is-as-i-say-easy-enough-to-describe-holden-s-style-of-narration/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

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> [“So what do you think?’ He asked, holding up the book. ‘I think Salinger is a closet paedophile,’ I replied placidly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-gallagher/so-what-do-you-think-he-asked-holding-up-the-book-i-think-salinger-is/)

[J.D. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-gallagher/)

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> [“Unfortunately, here as elsewhere on this touching planet, imitation is the watchword and prestige the highest ambition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/unfortunately-here-as-elsewhere-on-this-touching-planet-imitation-is/)

[J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/)

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> [I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-m-horrified-to-admit-that-i-just-love-salinger-i-was-devastated-to/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

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> [A shelf of classics for our young adults: Tolkien, Hesse, Casteneda, Kerouac, Salinger, Tom Robbins, and \_The Last Whole Earth Catalog\_.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/a-shelf-of-classics-for-our-young-adults-tolkien-hesse-casteneda/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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> [“I am more than a little jealous that the wonder I am party to has been sprinkled over Salinger's gray head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella-2/i-am-more-than-a-little-jealous-that-the-wonder-i-am-party-to-has/)

[W.P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella-2/)

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> [“Salinger, unlike Disney, came from a well-to-do family, but he stands alongside Mickey’s inventor as perhaps the second great body of water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-spitz/salinger-unlike-disney-came-from-a-well-to-do-family-but-he-stands/)

[Marc Spitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-spitz/)

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> [ “\[On The Catcher in the Rye\] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-new-york-times/on-the-catcher-in-the-rye-this-salinger-he-s-a-short-story-guy-and-he/)

[The New York Times](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-new-york-times/)

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> [ \[Jerome David\] Salinger was really taken to the cleaners by nasty critics in his day. I think Joan Didion was one of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/jerome-david-salinger-was-really-taken-to-the-cleaners-by-nasty/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

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> [“Contrast J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. The author adopts the childish view of adults as inhumanly powerful and uncomprehending, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/contrast-j-d-salinger-s-catcher-in-the-rye-the-author-adopts-the/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [ Mary McCarthy and that Mr. Intellectual kind of guy ... Dwight McDonald? And they were really mean about \[Jerome David\] Salinger, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/mary-mccarthy-and-that-mr-intellectual-kind-of-guy-dwight-mcdonald/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

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> [“Had J.D. Salinger known who John Hinckley and mark David Chapman were before they bought his books or took them out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-langer/had-j-d-salinger-known-who-john-hinckley-and-mark-david-chapman-were/)

[Adam Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-langer/)

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> [Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/some-literary-types-subscribe-to-the-notion-that-being-a-writer-like/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

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## Top authors on Salinger

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joyce-maynard-53799.jpg) Joyce Maynard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/salinger/joyce-maynard/)

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                        "text": "“So what do you think?’ He asked, holding up the book. ‘I think Salinger is a closet paedophile,’ I replied placidly and was surprised and comforted by this minuscule, acidic, bitter Sylvia Plath like mocking, sniping tone that had crept into my voice. ‘The main character Seymour is a fully grown man and a pervert who befriends young girls with his storytelling and swimming, just to get close enough to groom them in preparation for the inevitable sexual assault he lusts after. You might have noticed for example in A Perfect Day For Bananafish he grabs the young girls-’ ‘Sybil.’ ‘He grabs Sybil’s ankles while lying on the beach and again when he pushes her in the water,’ I continued. ‘He goes too far when he kisses the bottom of her foot which makes even a four-year-old yell out in fear, knowing a line had been crossed. Frustrated Seymour walks away and goes back to his hotel where he kills himself in shame.”",
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