Salman Rushdie Quotes


Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. - Salman Rushdie



Became a way of life. - Salman Rushdie



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



At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers. - Salman Rushdie



And now, as if to finish things off, the Himalayan winter is setting in, and the greatest calamity of all may lie ahead of us, not behind. - Salman Rushdie



Always do something impossible right at the beginning of the show?. Swallow a sword, tie yourself in a knot, defy gravity. Do what the audience knows it could never do no matter how hard it tries. After that you'll have them eating out of your hand. - Salman Rushdie