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> [I wasted time writing films. I don't look back on those years as lost, but it wasn't what I should have been doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/i-wasted-time-writing-films-i-don-t-look-back-on-those-years-as-lost/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

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## More by James Salter

> [It seems to me that literature is giving way a little bit to the immediacy of other diversions, other forms of entertainment. What will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/it-seems-to-me-that-literature-is-giving-way-a-little-bit-to-the/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/women-fall-in-love-when-they-get-to-know-you-men-are-just-the/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [Not necessarily narrow so much as impatient, intense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/not-necessarily-narrow-so-much-as-impatient-intense/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/i-write-in-longhand-i-am-accustomed-to-that-proximity-that-feel-of/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [A writer writes a book. People read it. You don't know what they're reading, really. You read a review and think, "That is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/a-writer-writes-a-book-people-read-it-you-don-t-know-what-they-re/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [“Strauss’s, for instance, which begins in the heavens. The artist doesn’t ascend to glory, he appears in it, he already has it and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/strauss-s-for-instance-which-begins-in-the-heavens-the-artist-doesn-t/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-book-not-a-writer-standards/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [Sometimes I write with a particular person in mind. I think it's fair to say that I write for a perceptive reader. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/sometimes-i-write-with-a-particular-person-in-mind-i-think-it-s-fair/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [Lots of scripts are written and not made, even scripts that people want to make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/lots-of-scripts-are-written-and-not-made-even-scripts-that-people/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [I'd given up everything to be a writer, and if I didn't then go on to do that - to write - then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/i-d-given-up-everything-to-be-a-writer-and-if-i-didn-t-then-go-on-to/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [“One should not believe too easily in a life which can easily vanish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/one-should-not-believe-too-easily-in-a-life-which-can-easily-vanish/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [“Life is separated by scars, like the rings in the inside of a tree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/life-is-separated-by-scars-like-the-rings-in-the-inside-of-a-tree/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [“Dean is still asleep. His clothes are strewn about. The shutters are closed. He never dreams. He’s like a dead musician, like a spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/dean-is-still-asleep-his-clothes-are-strewn-about-the-shutters-are/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [The dreams are the skeleton of all reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/the-dreams-are-the-skeleton-of-all-reality/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

> [There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/there-came-a-time-when-i-felt-i-was-not-going-to-be-satisfied-with/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

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