The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don't know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up.
Salman RushdieMany men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.
Salman RushdieI've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.
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 Rushdie