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Salman Rushdie Quotes

It’s so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they’re always trying to look at my books in terms of my life Picture Quote #1

It is literature which for me opened the mysterious and decisive doors of imagination and understanding. To see the way others see. To think the way others think. And above all, to feel Picture Quote #1

Actually, I don’t even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don’t like places where the noise is so loud you can’t talk to people Picture Quote #1

Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there’s just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up Picture Quote #1

Human beings, you see, do absolutely two primary things. We see like and unlike. Like becomes, in literature, simile and metaphor. Unlike becomes uniqueness and difference, from which I believe, the novel is born Picture Quote #1

I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I’m unusual among the writers I know in that respect Picture Quote #1

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I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn’t know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day Picture Quote #1

I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he’s written. And, as a result, drive him to write another book Picture Quote #1

I have had many more close women friends than men, and I’ve always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element Picture Quote #1

If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can’t ask art to make social change. It’s not what it’s for Picture Quote #1

Like everybody else, I’ve had relationships in which I was passionately in love but was completely miserable all the time and didn’t trust the person I was in love with one inch Picture Quote #1

One of the things I’ve learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I’ve got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there’s a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don’t have feelings; they don’t get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them Picture Quote #1

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family Picture Quote #1

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life Picture Quote #1

The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism Picture Quote #1

The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are increasingly seen as not being neutral but rather as combatants by one side or the other Picture Quote #1

The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don’t know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up Picture Quote #1

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The suicide bomber’s imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people’s lives Picture Quote #1

The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers who are very celebrated fall into, you know, people you know stop reading them, and then it comes back again Picture Quote #1

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism Picture Quote #1

We all dream things into being; you imagine yourself having a child, and then you have a child. An inventor will think of something in his mind and then make it actual. So things are often passing from the imagined realm into the real world Picture Quote #1

What I’ve always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing a book, sentence by sentence, I’m not thinking theoretically. I’m just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I’ve got Picture Quote #1

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When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want Picture Quote #1

To understand just one life you have to swallow the world... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child? Picture Quote #1

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true Picture Quote #1

One minute you’ve got a lucky star watching over you and the next instant it’s done a bunk Picture Quote #1

Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to the notion that something can also be gained Picture Quote #1

Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme, ferocious type. Shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence Picture Quote #1

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It’s so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they’re always trying to look at my books in terms of my life (Salman Rushdie Quotes) It is literature which for me opened the mysterious and decisive doors of imagination and understanding. To see the way others see. To think the way others think. And above all, to feel (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Actually, I don’t even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don’t like places where the noise is so loud you can’t talk to people (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there’s just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Human beings, you see, do absolutely two primary things. We see like and unlike. Like becomes, in literature, simile and metaphor. Unlike becomes uniqueness and difference, from which I believe, the novel is born (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I’m unusual among the writers I know in that respect (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn’t know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he’s written. And, as a result, drive him to write another book (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I have had many more close women friends than men, and I’ve always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element (Salman Rushdie Quotes) If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can’t ask art to make social change. It’s not what it’s for (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Like everybody else, I’ve had relationships in which I was passionately in love but was completely miserable all the time and didn’t trust the person I was in love with one inch (Salman Rushdie Quotes) One of the things I’ve learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I’ve got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there’s a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don’t have feelings; they don’t get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are increasingly seen as not being neutral but rather as combatants by one side or the other (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don’t know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The suicide bomber’s imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people’s lives (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers who are very celebrated fall into, you know, people you know stop reading them, and then it comes back again (Salman Rushdie Quotes) This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism (Salman Rushdie Quotes) We all dream things into being; you imagine yourself having a child, and then you have a child. An inventor will think of something in his mind and then make it actual. So things are often passing from the imagined realm into the real world (Salman Rushdie Quotes) What I’ve always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture (Salman Rushdie Quotes) When I’m writing a book, sentence by sentence, I’m not thinking theoretically. I’m just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I’ve got (Salman Rushdie Quotes) When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want (Salman Rushdie Quotes) To understand just one life you have to swallow the world... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child? (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true (Salman Rushdie Quotes) One minute you’ve got a lucky star watching over you and the next instant it’s done a bunk (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to the notion that something can also be gained (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme, ferocious type. Shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence (Salman Rushdie Quotes)

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