Salman Rushdie Quotes

If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.

Salman Rushdie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LongSecurityNobodySpecialDead

Going through a long legal battle is not what you sign up for as a fighter.

Andre Ward

LegalBattleLongYouFighterUp

My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, it's only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water.

Robert Shaw

ChangeAloneWaterMoneySchool

Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening, so there was immense growth for industrial training films, documentaries to do with the mining, and the outback world.

Ann Macbeth

GrowthTimeReflectionTrainingFilm

You get to a certain age, and you learn what looks good on you.

Michael Bastian

GoodAgeLearnYouLooksGet

I get to do what I love every day. I get to crawl into someone else's head and I love that.

Sophia Bush

LoveDaySomeoneEvery DayHeadGet

I want to knock people out.

Robbie Lawler

PeopleWantOutKnock

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Robert Baden-Powell

GameDoingPlayHimselfTeaches

If you're a real scientist, you're constantly open to new data. Nothing is ever 100% validated.

Ron Livingston

DataYouNewNothingRealOpen

I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian De Palma's apprentice director. And it was such a harrowing, disillusioning, awful experience.

Douglas Rushkoff

ExperienceDirectorArtsGotBonfire

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

SeaLonelinessFeelYouAliveGet

I like to be glamorous so I love the clothing and the big entrances. It needs to be spectacular!

Paulina Rubio

LoveClothingGlamorousBigLike

The flavour of something fresh out of the ground is 10 times better than something that's been flown halfway across the world.

Sheherazade Goldsmith

WorldBetterFreshOutGroundBeen

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