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A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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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.
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If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.
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Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
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I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.
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I always thought the front line was the bookstores. And bookstores around America, around the world did astonishingly well. They held the line. They didn't chicken out. You know, they defended the book. They kept it in the front of the store.
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I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers' emotions can be very indirect. You could come at it through irony or comedy, etcetera, and you could capture people's sympathies and feelings kind of by stealth if you like.
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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