I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.'
Salman RushdieI think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'
Salman RushdieA book is a product of a pact with the Devil that inverts the Faustian contract, he'd told Allie. Dr Faustus sacrificed eternity in return for two dozen years of power; the writer agrees to the ruination of his life, and gains (but only if he's lucky) maybe not eternity, but posterity, at least. Either way (this was Jumpy's point) it's the Devil who wins.
Salman Rushdie