Salman Rushdie Quotes
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that.
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Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care.
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I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.
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I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
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Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week.
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
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Once you find love, you find it. There isn't an age on love.
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Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.
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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
