J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger

01-Jan-1919

United States

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UJ.D. Salinger was a well-known giant even though he had little secular work and rebuilt his life. His landmark novel, The Catcher in the Rye, has set a new literary career behind WWII America and elevated Salinger to higher places in literary fame. Despite his small body of livelihood and life-style, Salinger was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. His short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker, inspired the early works of writers such as Phillip Roth, John Updike and Harold Brodkey. In 1953, Salinger left New York City and lived a life of secrecy, announcing only new news before his death.

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

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

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"I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect."

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"I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though."

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"I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice."

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"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."

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"Mothers are all slightly insane."

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"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."

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

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