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J. D. Salinger Quotes

J. D. Salinger quotes about thinking

American Novelist, Writer January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010

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J. D. Salinger quote: "I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go,..."
I think that once you have a fair idea where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers."
You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "You think of the book you'd most like to be reading, and then..."
You think of the book you'd most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it. J. D. Salinger
There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself. J. D. Salinger
He was one of those guys that think they're being a pansy if they don't break around forty of your fingers when they shake hands with you. God I hate that stuff. J. D. Salinger
My god, there's absolutely nothing tenth-rate about you, and yet you're up to your neck at this minute in tenth-rate thinking. J. D. Salinger
Undoubtedly, though, what I'm really getting at is this: Since the bridegroom's permanent retirement from the scene, I haven't been able to think of anybody whom I'd care to send out to look for horses in his stead. J. D. Salinger
I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away. J. D. Salinger
I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them..."
Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away. J. D. Salinger
He stuck around till around dinnertime, talking about all the guys at Pencey that he hated their guts, and squeezing this big pimple on his chin. He didn't even use a handkerchief. I don't even think the bastard had a handkerchief, if you want to know the truth. I never saw him use one, anyway. J. D. Salinger
He's like everybody else in television. And Hollywood. And Broadway. He thinks everything sentimental is tender, everything brutal is a slice of realism and that everything that runs into physical violence is a legitimate climax to something that isn't even- J. D. Salinger
In certain Zen monasteries, it's a cardinal rule, if not the only serious enforced discipline, that when one monk calls out 'Hi!' to another monk, the latter must call back 'Hi!' without thinking. J. D. Salinger
Everybody just thinks things keep stopping off somewhere. They don't...The reason things seem to stop off somewhere is because that's the only way most people know how to look at things. But that doesn't mean they do. J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger quote: "People always think something's all true."
People always think something's all true. J. D. Salinger

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