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Salman Rushdie Quotes

I think anyone who knows me at all knows that I have been a movie addict all my life. I grew up in a city obsessed by cinema and where there are cinemas on every street corner Picture Quote #1

I think the book is less emotional than the film. With the film, the emotions are much more raw and in front. In the book, they are kind of ironized and seen through comedy Picture Quote #1

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return Picture Quote #1

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours Picture Quote #1

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one Picture Quote #1

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century Picture Quote #1

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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it Picture Quote #1

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth’s marvels, beneath the dust of habit Picture Quote #1

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins Picture Quote #1

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory Picture Quote #1

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way Picture Quote #1

I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it Picture Quote #1

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The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyze the struggle between the different contestants for such privileges Picture Quote #1

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind Picture Quote #1

The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected Picture Quote #1

We must conclude that it is not only a particular political ideology that has failed, but the idea that men and women could ever define themselves in terms that exclude their spiritual needs Picture Quote #1

If my child had prejudice in his head, I’d be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent 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

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I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable Picture Quote #1

In a novel, if you’re any good, you don’t just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people Picture Quote #1

A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it’s the balance of that that’s difficult to achieve Picture Quote #1

A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self Picture Quote #1

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing Picture Quote #1

All my adult life, if I didn’t have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable Picture Quote #1

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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons Picture Quote #1

Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it Picture Quote #1

Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are Picture Quote #1

England in a way is lucky. It’s an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea Picture Quote #1

I do think that there is such a thing as human nature, and that the things that we have in common are perhaps greater than the things that divide us Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what to say about literary critics. I think it’s probably best to say nothing Picture Quote #1

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I think anyone who knows me at all knows that I have been a movie addict all my life. I grew up in a city obsessed by cinema and where there are cinemas on every street corner (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I think the book is less emotional than the film. With the film, the emotions are much more raw and in front. In the book, they are kind of ironized and seen through comedy (Salman Rushdie Quotes) A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century (Salman Rushdie Quotes) It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth’s marvels, beneath the dust of habit (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyze the struggle between the different contestants for such privileges (Salman Rushdie Quotes) If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind (Salman Rushdie Quotes) The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected (Salman Rushdie Quotes) We must conclude that it is not only a particular political ideology that has failed, but the idea that men and women could ever define themselves in terms that exclude their spiritual needs (Salman Rushdie Quotes) If my child had prejudice in his head, I’d be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent (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) I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable (Salman Rushdie Quotes) In a novel, if you’re any good, you don’t just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people (Salman Rushdie Quotes) A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it’s the balance of that that’s difficult to achieve (Salman Rushdie Quotes) A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self (Salman Rushdie Quotes) All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing (Salman Rushdie Quotes) All my adult life, if I didn’t have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it (Salman Rushdie Quotes) Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are (Salman Rushdie Quotes) England in a way is lucky. It’s an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I do think that there is such a thing as human nature, and that the things that we have in common are perhaps greater than the things that divide us (Salman Rushdie Quotes) I don’t know what to say about literary critics. I think it’s probably best to say nothing (Salman Rushdie Quotes)

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