List of James Salter Quotes

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James Salter
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I don't fear death. i'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be.
Way Fear Of Death Obsessed
I like aristocracy. i like the beauty of aristocracy. i like the hierarchical feeling.you could claim that it's due to my military experience. but it came before that. i love their freedom of behavior. they're not constrained by penal attitudes, puritanical attitudes about behavior, both socially and morally. they have a freedom that i admire. an unquestioned freedom.
Attitude Military Feelings
Lots of scripts are written and not made, even scripts that people want to make.
People Want Scripts
I'd say the biggest relationship is the repetition of certain themes. i don't want to say "topics," but certain points of interest.
Want Topics Certain
I don't fear death. i'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. it's wrong to say "everybody," but in literature i see it all the time - preoccupation with it, philosophical preoccupation, in fact. that's a principle element of literature and philosophy, often cited as the main element, the only real element. i say give it up.
Philosophy Real Philosophical
But that isn't my life. i have said many times i don't want to be considered one who once flew fighters. that's not who i am. i devoted the subsequent 50 years - more - to writing.
Writing Who I Am Years
Life is weather. life is meals.
Weather Meals Life Is
Now they are lovers. the first, wild courses are ended. they have founded their domain. a satanic happiness follows.
Satanic Firsts Lovers
As i look back, i see that life is like a game of solitaire and every once in a while there is a move.
Moving Games Life Is Like
A film writer is very much like a party girl. while you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. but your appeal doesn't last long and you're quickly discarded.
Girl Party Long
One should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish.
Believe Should
I like to write about certain things that if they are not written about are not going to exist.
Writing Certain Written
  • Born: June 10, 1925
  • Died: June 19, 2015
  • Occupation: Novelist
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