Salinger Quotes

18 quotes by 14 authors

I HATED the Salinger story. It took me days to go through it, gingerly, a page at a time, and blushing with embarrassment for him… — Elizabeth Bishop
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches — Patricia Highsmith
Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the… — Alex Cox
A shelf of classics for our young adults: Tolkien, Hesse, Casteneda, Kerouac, Salinger, Tom Robbins, and _The Last Whole Earth Catalog_. — Edward Abbey
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply… — Joyce Maynard
Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the… — Joyce Maynard
I hit adolescence only to discover my autobiography had already been written; plagiarized, in fact, by a man named J.D. Salinger who, in appropriating to… — Stephen Metcalf
Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been… — Joyce Maynard
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They… — Billy Joel
I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would… — Regina Spektor
I fantasised about F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' - I loved it, and then I read everything J. D. Salinger had to offer. Then… — Garrett Hedlund
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 newer stuff, which… — John Krasinski
I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way. — Ethan Hawke
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones. — Joyce Maynard
I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought,… — Joyce Maynard
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my… — J D Salinger
(Rush are) like the JD Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock — Stephen Colbert
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. — Louis Sachar

Who Wrote These Salinger Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 18 Salinger Quotes as follows: