J.D. Salinger

"I'm absolutely sick of it."

"That's my biggest regret."

"I would do it differently now."

"It's all quite tragic, really."

"The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs."

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

"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."

"I hate it when somebody gets killed in a movie, especially when it's somebody real nice."

"People are always ruining things for you."

"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 don't know why, but it's a lot of fun sometimes when you're not looking for it."

"Almost everything I write about is a product of watching people."

"The central question is not whether it is good or bad, but whether I believe in it."

"I'm in bad shape. I'm really in bad shape."

"You can't just not like somebody because of something that's not very serious."

"I love that stuff. It kills me."

"Some people are just meant to be alone in this world, I think."

"I have this thing where I get older but just never feel any wiser."

"What I really meant was, I never saw it before I had a best friend."

"The trouble with most people is, they don't give a damn if the other person is suffering or not."

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

"Kill any body can. All brave can do is forgive."

"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."

"The worst thing that can happen to a person is to become funny."

"I really do. I'm a secret prostitute."

"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."

"Schizophrenia beat out some poor bastard every time."

"It's full of phonies, and all you do is get madder and madder."

"I really am. I'm a pacifist, I really am."

"The thing is, most people are afraid to be alone."