Writer Quotes by J. D. Salinger

8 Writer quotes by J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger’s eight statements on writing capture a reflective, often private perspective on the craft. This brief collection provides a quick taste of his belief in sincerity and restraint.

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“Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books.”

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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

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I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

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I don't suppose a writing man ever really gets rid of his old crocus-yellow neckties. Sooner or later, I think, they show…

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There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

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I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I…

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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like…

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A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up…

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But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men,…

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Then again you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.'

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

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I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some…

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“You keep records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them. If you want to Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone…

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I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher In the…

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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.

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“Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are. I keep making up these sex rules…

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An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

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