Salman Rushdie Quotes

I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CityThinkAmericanFeelYouNew

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

John C. Reilly

WorkMeBudgetSizeSenseYour

I learn lessons with every interview I give.

Jenny Lewis

LearnInterviewGiveLessonsEvery

I definitely have an appreciation for fashion.

Mia Wasikowska

AppreciationFashionDefinitely

Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.

Stone Gossard

ChangeSpiritualYouGoGo For It

If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that.

Sissy Spacek

LifeChildrenHusbandTexasDirector

For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.

Shimon Peres

MeBeingDreamingPragmaticSimply

As for restaurants and fast-food places who tip tons of oil down their drains, they are routinely encouraged to use fat traps, but enforcement is minimal. It costs money to cart away fat (although now that fat is being turned into energy, it can make money).

Rose George

MoneyEnergyFatDownNowOil

A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left.

Robert Winston

TimeWomanYoungSheEggsLeft

In the game of football, you can never be too sure of anything.

Jason Babin

FootballGameYouNeverAnything

What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes money unless the movie works, and that informs every creative decision.

Jason Blum

LoveDecisionMoneyCreativeMovies

I really feel it when I can't get to the gym for a few weeks. I like to run on a treadmill in the gym so I can keep track of what I'm doing.

Donna Air

FeelDoingGymI CanRunGet

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.

Chester Gould

PoliceCreateCatchWhoGangsters

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Salman Rushdie