Joyce Maynard Quotes About Salinger

Quotes about: Salinger

• Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

  Joyce Maynard

  Pain, Thinking, Letters

• Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.

  Joyce Maynard

  Being Free, Might, Salinger

• I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that.

  Joyce Maynard

  Girlfriend, Giving, Speech

• Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

  Joyce Maynard

  Believe, Long, Expectations

• Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.

  Joyce Maynard

  Cutting, Wrath, Long

  "Joyce Maynard In Spotlight With J.D. Salinger’s Death". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2010.

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