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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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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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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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.
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I think people underestimate the importance of lighting - layers of lighting, not just one light. I do a lighting seminar where I take a $300-a-yard fabric and a $3-a-yard fabric. I show what lighting can do to either one.
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I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
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I know it's bad to generalize, but when you think about billionaires, you just think this guy is going to walk into a room and just demand things to be a certain way.
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I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
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I learned mainly through television, but I learned how to do mosaic, where you can buy stones or things of that nature. But also where you bust the tile to decorate pots for flowers or table tops. Lots of different things. Wherever you want it, you can mosaic just about anything. It took me about two weeks to do a big birdbath.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
