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Salman Rushdie Quotes - Page 21

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He would dream of discovering a magic optometrist from whom he would purchase a pair of green-tinged spectacles which would correct his regrettable myopia, and after that he would be able to see through the dense,

He would dream of discovering a magic optometrist from whom he would purchase a pair of green-tinged spectacles which would correct his regrettable myopia, and after that he would be able to see through the dense, blinding air to the fabulous world beneath.

Dream, Air, Magic

Salman Rushdie (1989). “The Satanic Verses”, New York, N.Y. : Viking

I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it.

Writing, Trying, Strive

Salman Rushdie (1990). “In good faith”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

There was a series called 'Game of Thrones' which was very popular here in the United States, a post-Tolkien kind of thing. It was garbage, yet very addictive garbage - because there's lots of violence, all the women take their clothes off all the time, and it's kind of fun.

Fun, Games, Clothes

"Interview / Salman Rushdie Is Not Afraid". Interview with Gidi Weitz, www.haaretz.com. October 14, 2011.

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

People, World, Stuff

It just requires so much of you, and most of the time you feel dumb.

Dumb, Feels

Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.

Friction, Free Society

"Joseph Anton: A Memoir". Book by Salman Rushdie, September 2012.

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

Survival, Loved Ones, Therapists

I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.

Cities, Culture, World

The west was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.

Government, West, Revolution

"Salman Rushdie: the fatwa, Islamic fundamentalism and Joseph Anton". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.

Science fiction is where I started out, really. When I was a kid, I was a complete addict of science fiction. It was one of my earliest interests as a writer, and I've just taken a long time to circle back around to it.

Taken, Kids, Circles

[My work] is a love song to our mongrel selves.

Song, Self

English, no longer an English language, now grows from many roots.

Roots, Language, English Language

The Times (London), July 3, 1982.

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

Children, Want, Littles

That's the trouble with you sad-city types: a place has to be miserable and dull as ditchwater before you believe it's real.

Real, Believe, Cities

Salman Rushdie (1990). “Haroun and the Sea of Stories”, Penguin Books

I'm a novelist. Fortunately I don't have to rule the world.

Novelists, World

A man is sane only to the extent that he subscribes to a previously-agreed construction of reality.

Reality, Men, Construction

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.

Running, Writing, Eye

The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.

Personality, Looks, Way

"Terror Is Glamour". "Spiegel" Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.

Grandmother, Fierce, My Grandmother

"How to Understand Kashmir and Survive the Jihadis: An Interview with Sir Salman Rushdie". Interview with Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 8, 2009.

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.

Stuff, Way, Feels

Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.

Father, Son, Difficult Relationship

"Salman Rushdie: Beyond the tabloids". Interview with Hector Tobar, articles.latimes.com. September 25, 2012.

Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain.

Baby, Pain, Writing

When I was growing up, everyone around me was fond of fooling around with words. It was certainly common in my family, but I think it is typical of Bombay, and maybe of India, that there is a sense of play in the way people use language.

Growing Up, Thinking, Play

Salon Interview, www.salon.com. January 27, 1996.

The time-honored role of the artist [is] to speak truth to power.

Artist, Roles, Speak

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

England, My Favorite, Used

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