Salman Rushdie Quotes
A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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It's not like I ever sat in my room and said I was going to start a media company and become an editor in chief. It was never my dream. It was something that just happened.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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I try to share a lot of my life on Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, everything. I really like interacting with fans on Twitter and answering their questions and just getting to know them because it's cool for them to have people who are connecting with my music reach out and show interest.
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Art should walk a tightrope. That's what art should be. Art should be dangerous. You can't be scared to say something with it. People love to talk about how comics are real art and real literature, so why not use these characters to talk about real things, even if it is dangerous?
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When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from comfortable suburbia. If you were from Great Neck, Long Island, you couldn't be a 'real artist', so I found crafty ways of implying that I was from New York.
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Every fight is a different experience.
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A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
