J.D. Salinger

You don't have to think too hard when you talk to a teacher.

An artist only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.