Best Salman Rushdie Wisdom
- My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide. Fierce
- Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout. Author
- Normally when I read, I don't like music playing. Funny
- One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity. Authoritarian
- One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the… Centre
- Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic. Artistic
- People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever. Always Telling
- Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid. Inspirational
- Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.' Arabian
- Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got. Book
- Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain. Ask
- Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people. Find
- Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of… Apartment
- The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it. Another Way
- The Chinese are good at repression and can be pretty ruthless about it. Chinese
- The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with. Along
- The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for. Any
- The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated. Forbidden
- The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded. Beginning
- The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini. Ayatollah
- The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality. Armed
- The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans. Afghans
- The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated. Contemporary
- The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. Attempt
- The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable. Agree
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