Re: New Salinger Quotes Page: No Censorship
Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 23:21:42 +0000
I can understand Null's response to the challange
that Salinger's prohibitions throw down.
My own response is to suggest we all leave the man
strictly alone. Stop pondering what he might be up
to...what he might be thinking...what he might look
like now...what gems might be lying in that strong
room in the basement...all the rest of those curiosities
which only encourage the man in his vanity.
I'm quite sure he opens up his mail box to read our
contributions each morning with eager, trembling
hands.
The one way to draw him out of his seclusion - if
that's really what you want - is to ignore him for
a year. He would find it unbearable. All he could
do then would be to emerge into the daylight to
remind us of his absence.
Scottie B.