“First of all, he knows I don’t drink. Second, he knows I was born in New York and that if there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s atmosphere. Third, he knows I live about seventy goddam blocks from the Village. And fourth, I told him three times I was in my pajamas and slippers.”

“First of all, he knows I don’t drink. Second, he knows I was born in New York and that if there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s atmosphere. Third, he knows I live about seventy goddam blocks from the Village. And fourth, I told him three times I was in my pajamas and slippers.”

— J.D. Salinger