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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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story Picture Quote #1

Islam doesn’t have to mean blind faith. It can mean what it always meant in your family, a culture, a civilization, as open-minded as your grandfather was, as delightedly disputatious as your father was.... Don’t let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying word, I urged myself; remember when it meant family 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

You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you’re lucky you finish at the smart end 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

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Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It’s the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live Picture Quote #1

Bread and books: food for the body and food for the soul - what could be more worthy of our respect, and even love? Picture Quote #1

A sigh isn’t just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can 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

I grew up falling in love with kind of story, amazing, wonder tale of the East, which if you’re a child growing up in India is all around you.And I think one of the gifts it gave me as a writer was this early knowledge that stories are not true Picture Quote #1

The trouble with the English was that they were English: damn cold fish! - Living underwater most of the year, in days the colour of night! Picture Quote #1

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I should never have dreamed of purpose, I am coming to the conclusion that privacy, the small individual lives of men, are preferable to all this inflated macrocosmic activity Picture Quote #1

Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it’s been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father’s mistakes. At least if you’re making mistakes, make different mistakes Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody’s family. We all pretend to outsiders that it’s not so, but behind locked doors, there are usually high emotions running Picture Quote #1

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

The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don’t try and burn the planet down Picture Quote #1

Certainly, poverty and economic decline have a lot to do with the so-called rage of Islam. You’ve got all these young men in countries which are economically in bad shape. The idea that they might be able to make a good living and get married and have a family, a decent life, seems very remote to a lot of people in a lot of the world Picture Quote #1

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Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin Picture Quote #1

To live in Metropolis was to know that the exceptional was as commonplace as diet soda, that abnormality was the popcorn norm 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

When people do the cowardly thing, it’s not about respect, it’s about fear Picture Quote #1

I don’t like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn’t learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way Picture Quote #1

The question I’m always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask Picture Quote #1

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My father decided that he was such a admirer of Ibn Rushd’s philosophy, thinking that he changed the family name to Rushdie. I realized why my father was so interested in him, because he was really an incredibly modernizing voice inside our Islamic culture 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

I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don’t like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don’t like it, nobody is telling you to finish it Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up, everyone around me was fond of fooling around with words. It was certainly common in my family, but I think it is typical of Bombay, and maybe of India, that there is a sense of play in the way people use language Picture Quote #1

I am gagged and imprisoned. I can’t even speak. I want to kick a football in a park with my son. Ordinary, banal life: my impossible dream Picture Quote #1

The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible Picture Quote #1

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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) I’m not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Islam doesn’t have to mean blind faith. It can mean what it always meant in your family, a culture, a civilization, as open-minded as your grandfather was, as delightedly disputatious as your father was.... Don’t let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying word, I urged myself; remember when it meant family. (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) You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you’re lucky you finish at the smart end (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) Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It’s the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Bread and books: food for the body and food for the soul - what could be more worthy of our respect, and even love? (Salman Rushdie Quotes) A sigh isn’t just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can. (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) I grew up falling in love with kind of story, amazing, wonder tale of the East, which if you’re a child growing up in India is all around you.And I think one of the gifts it gave me as a writer was this early knowledge that stories are not true. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The trouble with the English was that they were English: damn cold fish! - Living underwater most of the year, in days the colour of night! (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I should never have dreamed of purpose, I am coming to the conclusion that privacy, the small individual lives of men, are preferable to all this inflated macrocosmic activity. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it’s been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father’s mistakes. At least if you’re making mistakes, make different mistakes. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) There’s a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody’s family. We all pretend to outsiders that it’s not so, but behind locked doors, there are usually high emotions running. (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) The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don’t try and burn the planet down. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Certainly, poverty and economic decline have a lot to do with the so-called rage of Islam. You’ve got all these young men in countries which are economically in bad shape. The idea that they might be able to make a good living and get married and have a family, a decent life, seems very remote to a lot of people in a lot of the world. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin... (Salman Rushdie Quotes) To live in Metropolis was to know that the exceptional was as commonplace as diet soda, that abnormality was the popcorn norm. (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) When people do the cowardly thing, it’s not about respect, it’s about fear (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I don’t like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn’t learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The question I’m always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) My father decided that he was such a admirer of Ibn Rushd’s philosophy, thinking that he changed the family name to Rushdie. I realized why my father was so interested in him, because he was really an incredibly modernizing voice inside our Islamic culture. (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) I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don’t like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don’t like it, nobody is telling you to finish it. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) When I was growing up, everyone around me was fond of fooling around with words. It was certainly common in my family, but I think it is typical of Bombay, and maybe of India, that there is a sense of play in the way people use language. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I am gagged and imprisoned. I can’t even speak. I want to kick a football in a park with my son. Ordinary, banal life: my impossible dream. (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. (Salman Rushdie Quotes)

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