"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe…"

"I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in The C…"

"I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be l…"

"There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my priva…"

"There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in…"

"I never saw so many tigers."

""I see you are looking at my feet," he said to her when car was in motion. "I beg your pardon?" said the woman. "I sa…"

"Outside the building, she started to walk west to Lexington to catch the bus. Between Third and Lexington, she reache…"

"He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor."

""You know Adam?" Teddy asked him."Do I know who?""Adam. In the Bible."Nicholson smiled. "Not personally," he said dryly."