Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.Douglas Coupland
The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.Salman Rushdie
Anyone who has had the experience of going through American security checks knows the purpose of these checks is not to make you safer; it's just to annoy you.Salman Rushdie
I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.Salman Rushdie
I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.Salman Rushdie
Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.Salman Rushdie
If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.Salman Rushdie