Salman Rushdie Quotes

The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PersonalitySomeoneLookFindWhy

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

John Lennon

StarsSunMoonShineLikeYeah

Whenever I was with Kevin Pollak, I had to leave the room.

Amanda Peet

LeaveRoomHadWheneverKevin

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

Sidney Poitier

FatherManImportantClassPoor

Back in '93 and '94, when 'Dookie' was being made, my dad built this tour bus for us, out of a bookmobile. We toured in it for the first year. It was a really bad idea, by the way.

Tre Cool

YearBadBackWayFirstBus

I grew up on misogynist, devil-worshipping heavy metal music, and then it was groups like The Clash and Public Enemy that reminded me that there were a different set of ideas that could be expressed with great music.

Tom Morello

MusicGreatMeIdeasEnemyHeavy

America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information.

Tom Clancy

WorldAmericaInformationCountry

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

Lord Byron

LoveLightFireSparkHeavenEarth

I think it's our job as writers for Marvel Comics to continue to create those type of stories that can be mined instead of just trying to give readers exactly what they see on film.

Jason Aaron

JobThinkTryingCreateSeeFilm

I could run like a gazelle, couldn't I?

Willie McCovey

RunLikeCould

I've never been on a cruise.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

NeverCruiseBeen

Even as a kid, I was more enchanted watching Bette Davis than Errol Flynn.

Richard LaGravenese

MoreWatchingKidEnchantedEven

If I'm still acting at 46, I'll be surprised.

Ryan Gosling

ActingStillSurprised

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Salman Rushdie