Quotes by Rushdie, Salman

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that re >>

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rati >>

Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy. >>

Quotations about Literature

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive >>

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it >>

Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure >>

The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.

Rushdie, Salman