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I grew up kissing books and bread.

I grew up kissing books and bread.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading, Kissing
Salman Rushdie (1990). “Is nothing sacred?”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading, Writing

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

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

People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

Salman Rushdie
Beach, Book, Reading

Reading is a very different thing than performing. In fact, one of the things I think that doesn't work in books on tape is if the person doing the reading "acts" too much; it becomes irritating to you listening to it.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading, Thinking
"Salman Rushdie brings 'Midnight's Children' to big screen". Interview with Matt Carey, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2013.

I do not read the works of Salman Rushdie, I write them. By the time I have finished writing them all I can think of is never reading them again. It's so deep, your involvement with a book, that once it's finished, then you are really done with it.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading, Writing
Source: brightestyoungthings.com

I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading, Grew Up

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

Salman Rushdie
Children, Reading, Thinking

I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.

Salman Rushdie
Book, Reading, Numbers

My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.

Salman Rushdie
Children, Reading, Mean
"TalkAsia" with Monita Rajpal, www.cnn.com. February 8, 2013.

The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers who are very celebrated fall into, you know, people you know stop reading them, and then it comes back again.

Salman Rushdie
Fashion, Fall, Reading

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