“Why do we care about singers? Wherein lies the power of songs? Maybe it derives from the sheer strangeness of there being singing in the world. The note, the scale, the chord; melodies, harmonies, arrangements; symphonies, ragas, chinese operas,jazz, the… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“...if human nature were not a mystery, we'd have no need of poets.” — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“All games have morals; and the game of Snakes and Ladders captures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal truth that… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Trapped inside a metaphor, I've often felt the need to re-describe it, to change the terms. This isn't so much a balloon, I've wanted… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Why do we care about singers? Wherein lies the power of songs? Maybe it derives from the sheer strangeness of there being singing in… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Once before, my daughter,' she said, ignoring Ahmed's continuing ravings, 'your father and I, whatsitsname, said there was no shame in leaving an inadequate… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Literature tried to open the universe, to increase, even if only slightly the sum total of what it was possible for human beings to… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
