"A community of seriously hip observers is a scary and depressing thing. It takes me at least an hour to warm up when I sit down to work. ... Just taking off my own disguises takes an hour or more."

—J.D. Salinger, in a letter to Lillian Ross, and quoted in The New Yorker, Feb. 8, 2010

Posted at 06:31 AM on Tue. Feb 23, 2010 in category J.D. Salinger, Books, Quote of the Day  
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