RIP JD

-An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. -Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. -How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it? -I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. -I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. -I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot
-I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
-I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
-It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it. -It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. -Mothers are all slightly insane.
-People never believe you.
-The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly. -They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
JD SALINGER