It's Kennedy's war, Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson got all the flak, but it's Kennedy's war.

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

Some people are paralyzed by the consciousness of death, other people live with it.... The fatwa certainly made me think about it a lot more than I ever had. I guess I know I'm going to die, but then, so are you.

I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.

If you want to draw people into the story, you really have to write as if you're writing a novel and make these actually-existing people, including the actually-existing person with my name, into a believable person on the page. And that requires distance. That requires not being right up against the events you're talking about.

We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living in the aftermath of the death of God and of tragedy: that men will sacrifice their dearest love on the implacable altars of their pride.

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.