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

In 1953 he moved from an apartment at 300 East 57th Street New York to Cornish New Hampshire. Ian Hamilton adheres to this view arguing that while Salinger's early stories for the "slicks" boasted "tight energetic" dialogue they had also been formulaic and sentimental. Rust Hills 1959)
"Slight Rebellion off Madison" (1946 republiJ. D. Salingerd in Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker ed.

In 1948 his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker magazine which became home to much of his later work. His last publiJ. D. Salingerd original work was in 1965 and his last interview in 1980. In 1951 his novel The Catcher in the Rye was an immediate popular success.