Carpet Quote by Salman Rushdie

Madame Bovary is timeless. It is not just about the female condition in France in the 1840s. It's not a simple cautionary tale. Emma…

— Sophie Barthes

“The furniture in the house had the same relationship to real furnishings that drag queens have to real women. Everything was a parody, done…

— Bob Smith

“Having the rug pulled from under one, and flying magic carpets -- cousin events?”

— Leslie Miklosy

“Did you know they call the tower the "Iron Lady"? Hmm. Isn't that Margaret Thatched called that, too? Frankly, they don't look anything alike…

— Sheron Long

I first read 'Madame Bovary' in my teens or early twenties.

— Lydia Davis

Madame Walker was mythologized like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but I want to show that she was fabulous on her own.

— A'Lelia Bundles

“[...] Y'know, the Duchess Regan is living here at the tower now? I took your advice about not talking about her boffnacity [footnote], even…

— Christopher Moore

“she wasn’t an elf, they’re pointed ears and lace wings and ballet costume. Countess Judy was the Queen of the Fey. Which is a…

— Tom Holt

“The living result of the queen’s labors is the diminutive Mary—not really a whole princess, perhaps two-thirds of one.”

— Hilary Mantel

“Stupid women were lured into it and assured they would become young and beautiful if they let themselves be pummeled and pounded and smeared…

— Eva Ibbotson

'The Iron Lady' is not a biopic. Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep coined it 'King Lear for girls.'

— Abi Morgan

I'm not into red carpet looks where it's clear the woman wanted to look like a pretty, pretty princess.

— Mindy Kaling