When I really worry about something, I donโt just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only, I donโt go. Iโm too worried to go. I donโt want to interrupt my worrying to go.
J. D. SalingerThat's something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't.
J. D. SalingerIโm just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody elseโs. Iโm sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. Itโs disgusting.
J. D. SalingerBut I do say that educated and scholarly men, if theyโre brilliant and creative to begin withโwhich, unfortunately, is rarely the caseโtend to leave infinitely more valuable records behind them than men do who are merely brilliant and creative. They tend to express themselves more clearly, and they usually have a passion for following their thoughts through to the end.
J. D. Salinger