The beautiful came to this city [Hollywood] in huge pathetic herds, to suffer, to be humiliated, to see the powerful currency of their beauty devalued like the Russian ruble or Argentine peso;to work as bellhops, as bar hostesses, as garbage collectors, as maids. The city was a cliff and they were its stampeding lemmings. At the foot of the cliff was the valley of the broken dolls.
Salman RushdieWriters and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
Salman RushdieDissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
Salman RushdieWhat distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
Salman Rushdie