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Thinking Quotes by Salman Rushdie
- I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.
- I don't think I've ever quite grown out of it, actually. There was a point where I could recite some of those Elvish verses -…
- Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it,…
- The thing that I think was very brave of my younger self was that he decided he would be an idiot. Just persevere. That feels…
- No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding…
- The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt to increase the…
- I've been worrying about God a little bit lately... It seems like he's been in a bad mood. And I think it has to do…
- When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
- 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.
- Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series.
- 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…
- I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.
- I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
- I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words.…
- I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
- I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
- I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
- In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
- The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.
- You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
- I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence…
- I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that…
- I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a…
- 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…
- 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…
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