James Salter Quotes

I sometimes say that I don't make anything up - obviously that's not true. But I am uninterested in writers who say that everything comes out of the imagination. I would rather be in a room with someone who is telling the story of his life, which may be exaggerated and even have lies in it, but I want to hear the true story, essentially.

James Salter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 10, 1925 - June 19, 2015

Topics

LifeImaginationI AmStorySomeone

My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.

Joan Fontaine

NatureChildrenMeSisterFriends

Easytrak is no guarantee against mismanagement. But you cannot manage a large program without software like it today. It is a project information management system that helps people develop a solution to a problem with many parts to track.

John C. Mather

TodayPeopleManagementProblemYou

When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, 'Hey you, Step Brother!'

John C. Reilly

LifeStepBrotherMeGrowing UpYou

It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.

Angel Olsen

AloneTimeYourselfCoolEnjoyKind

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Jean de La Fontaine

BeastSkinBearNeverSellBefore

I've been so fortunate in life to have worked for such great organizations, with great owners and general managers and all the great players, along with the support of my family.

Tony La Russa

LifeFamilyGreatSupportFortunate

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.

Tom Selleck

HeroSheAlwaysBecauseMineBeen

It's scary to me to watch the world around us get less and less physical while in the imaginary world of pop culture, aggressive impulses and fear reactions are floridly, furiously stoked and indulged.

Mary Gaitskill

FearCultureMeWorldScaryWatch

Wasn't it Emerson who said, 'My life is for itself and not for a spectacle'? I have a happy, full, good life because I hold it private.

Mary Oliver

LifeGoodHappyMy LifeGood Life

Godard never sought to be sympathetic.

Michel Hazanavicius

NeverSympatheticSought

I don't need to make political gestures or take steps to get re-elected.

Michel Temer

PoliticalNeedStepsTakeGetMake

I'm proud of my life.

Minnie Driver

LifeProudMy Life

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