Salman Rushdie Quotes
Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.
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I've got to hear the rhythm of the sentences; I want the music of the prose. I want to see ordinary things transformed not by the circumstances in which I see them but by the language with which they're described. That's what I love when I read.
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And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.
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I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.
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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.
