Salinger Novels Quotes & Sayings

You'll notice you don't have both feet on the ground when you don't have any friends around — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own. — Nicolas Cage

I am a dash man and not a miler, and it is probable that I will never write a novel. So far the novels of this war have had too much of the strength, maturity and craftsmanship critics are looking for, and too little of the glorious imperfections which teeter and fall off the best minds. The men who have been in this war deserve some sort of trembling melody rendered without embarrassment or regret. I'll watch for that book. — J.D. Salinger

A coat of paint and a quote of words both make cosmetic differences. — Amit Abraham

African Americans had been compelled to work in Alabama mines prior to the Great Depression. His grandfather, once a coal miner himself, had told him stories of a similar burial field near the family home place south of Birmingham. — Douglas A. Blackmon

Success," he continued, "is achieved most consistently through cruelty and deception. Determination of the spirit certainly helps, but faith in Ferrol is a currency as valuable as a pair of shoes two sizes too small. — Michael J. Sullivan

Thank God we can't see the future, we'd never get out of bed. — Tracy Letts