J.D. Salinger

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me."

"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

"It kills me."

"I really do. I'm quite emotional and all."

"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."

"I hate actors. All of em."

"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior."

"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours."

"The worst thing that ever happened to me was my life."

"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."

"I'm in a funny position right now."

"If a book really moves you, call the author up."

"It's funny. Don't get me wrong - it is funny."

"I'm convinced that everybody has the potential to be good."

"People always think something's all true."

"The eyes are an awful tell-tale."

"I'm always saying crude things."

"What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide."

"I'd just as soon not tell you about it."

"Girls. Jesus Christ. They kill me."

"I'm going to break down."

"I have a feeling I'm going to be sad."

"It is the responsibility of every citizen to question authority."

"I'd probably be married by now if I wasn't so phony."

"You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there's always someone on the next barstool that wants to kill you."

"I really am. I'm quite a salesman."

"I'm always saying things I shouldn't say."

"The terrible thing is you can't just turn love off."

"I was feeling quite strange."