Salman Rushdie Quotes

When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 19, 1947

Topics

ChildrenHistoryPeopleBookIndia

My country is in the toilet. And when my country is in the toilet, the world is in the toilet.

Jeremy Scott

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None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.

Anita Borg

WomenPeopleOwnTrackKeepJust

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

John Ruskin

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You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

Steven Biko

ProudCareYouAliveDeadEither

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

Robertson Davies

ArtCuriousNewBeliefHuman Spirit

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.

Michael Vartan

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Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.

Judith Rossner

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I am a person who cares deeply about what is happening in the country, and for me, in most ways since getting out of the service, at least, politics has been the way in which I see myself best serving and trying to make things better.

Jason Kander

MyselfServiceBestPoliticsI Am

Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match the new living-room furniture. Because they moved to the suburbs and see a dog as part of the package.

Jon Katz

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A publisher - and I write as one - does far more than print and sell a book. It selects, nurtures, positions and promotes the writer's work.

Jonathan Galassi

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Growing up, my parents were Roman Catholic - strict Catholics - from New Orleans. I understood the idea in the principle of spirituality. I noticed it in the stories that I read. The Trinity was something that was brought up consistently: the power of three. Things happened in threes, and I thought that was brilliant.

Dawn Richard

PowerParentsGrowing UpThoughtNew

Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.

Chevy Chase

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