Top 287 Quotes by Salman Rushdie

About Salman Rushdie

These are some quotes by Indian author Salman Rushdie Novelist, who was born on June 19, 1947.

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

Salman Rushdie

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.

Salman Rushdie

Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.

Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.

Salman Rushdie

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.

Salman Rushdie

The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.

Salman Rushdie

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

Salman Rushdie

The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

Salman Rushdie

In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.

In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.

Salman Rushdie

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

Salman Rushdie

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

Salman Rushdie

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