Salman Rushdie Quotes
I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.
Quotes to Explore
-
President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
-
I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.
-
There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
-
I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.
-
Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.
-
Here's the deal with Matty Morrison: He is the most unassuming, nicest, most humble guy, who also happens to be extremely talented.
-
Freedom is never granted; it is won.
-
The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
-
God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.
-
I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
-
I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.
-
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
-
We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyond the odd, beyond the strange, and beyond the weird. It verges on the wholly other.
-
When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.
-
Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
-
There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
-
In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.
-
It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
-
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
-
What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.
-
Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates.
-
For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
-
If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
-
I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.
