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Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on.

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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.

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Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

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You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.

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One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran.

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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.

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England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.

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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.

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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Novelist

Born: June 19th, 1947

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