People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.Salman Rushdie
The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers who are very celebrated fall into, you know, people you know stop reading them, and then it comes back again.Salman Rushdie
What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.Salman Rushdie
When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.Salman Rushdie
The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.Salman Rushdie
Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.Salman Rushdie
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.Salman Rushdie
It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.Salman Rushdie
