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Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Born: Jun 19, 1947
Life Me People Think World You
Related authors: Charles Dickens Ernest Hemingway Gustave Flaubert James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Paulo Coelho Walter Scott
I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, had you said it was going to happen no one would have believed you. The system seemed powerful and unbreakable. Suddenly overnight it blew away like dust. Salman Rushdie
You Natural Remember Thought Berlin Wall Fall Before Dust Months System Berlin I Remember Would Seemed Prophet Had No-One Powerful Like Blew Said Always Overnight Dictatorships Wall Going Happen Suddenly Believed Away Two
I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element. Salman Rushdie
Family Women Men Assumed More Fact Had Female Always Friends Close Than Many Element Disproportionate
The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. Salman Rushdie
Book Worldwide Attempt Suppress Event Publishing
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable. Salman Rushdie
Events Extraordinary Extraordinary Things About Unthinkable Becomes Human Things Thinkable
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist. Salman Rushdie
Achievement Single Those Indian Individual Period Pinnacle Artist Done Artistic Really Paintings
When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue. Salman Rushdie
You Money Independent Independent Film Never Making Issue Film
I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story. Salman Rushdie
Big Tells Big Fan Being Fan Story Movies Prefer Really Film
I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them. Salman Rushdie
Reading Books Up Jungle Grew Loving Them
I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world. Salman Rushdie
Mistake World Made Big Become Think I Think Kind Allow Terrorist Historical Itself Very Capital England
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. Salman Rushdie
Failure Would See Parent Had Head His Child Ashamed Prejudice
The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans. Salman Rushdie
Suffering People Most Taliban Were Afghans
The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality. Salman Rushdie
Personality Way Out Find Someone Only Individual Combat Armed Look Decide Engage Why
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable. Salman Rushdie
Life Myself Day Sit Several Would Adult Adult Life Hours Get Antsy Room
We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions. Salman Rushdie
Time People Live Worried Some About Reactions Because Subjects Frightened Going Afraid Violent
Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work. Salman Rushdie
Work Extraordinary Writers Terrible Been Situations Produce
Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series. Salman Rushdie
Police Think Everybody I Think Okay Wire End Just In The End Loves Series
A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. Salman Rushdie
Work World Poet Argument Sides Frauds Point Shape Take Name Going Stop Start Sleep
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence. Salman Rushdie
Life Matters Absence Takes Most Place Your
Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed. Salman Rushdie
Scared Disturbed Like Being Children Want Little
Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications. Salman Rushdie
Man Rich Filthy Born Had Highest He House Built Died Which Bin
One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.' Salman Rushdie
Life God Me You Yourself Pride My Life Nothing Think Books Say Those One Of The Things Would Some About Something Except Writer Take Never Had Knew Terrible Read Were Article Front Oh Oh My God Being Happened Sequence Things Set
Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on. Salman Rushdie
Face Atrocity Writers Had Head-On Deal Subject Who Many
Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours. Salman Rushdie
You Find Sure Go His Author Get Meaning Yours
I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me. Salman Rushdie
Me Facebook I Am Way Out Tell Find About More Mainly Am Spy Than Children Them Pages
Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened. Salman Rushdie
World Before Writers Like Sophisticated Most Sort Forecast Opinion Still Affairs Get American Current Modern Whereas Happened Modern World Asked England Who Europe American Writers Here
But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people. Salman Rushdie
Terrorism People World Better Goals Achieve Innocent Better World Whatever Innocent People Out Must One Thing Some About Pursuit Clear Instead Sort Trying May Legitimate Creating Means Certainly Illegitimate Thing
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