J. D. Salinger1919–2010The quotations of
J. D. Salinger
American author
1919–2010
12 quotes, most often on God, Christianity and Life & Death.
- Zooey (1957)
- Teddy (1953)
The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
Seymour: An Introduction (1959)- Seymour: An Introduction (1959)
- De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period (1952)
- Zooey (1957)
- Teddy (1953)
- Zooey (1957)
- Zooey (1957)
If I were God, I certainly wouldn’t want people to love me sentimentally. It’s too unreliable.
Teddy (1953)- Statements to New York Times reporter Lacey Fosburgh, as quoted in Salinger: A Biography (2000) by Paul Alexander
- Seymour: An Introduction (1959)
