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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.

Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.

Thomas Pynchon looks exactly like Thomas Pynchon should look. He is tall, he wears lumberjack shirts and blue jeans. He has Albert Einstein white hair and Bugs Bunny front teeth.

From Salman Rushdie

Certainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there.

From Salman Rushdie

Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.

From 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.

From Salman Rushdie

Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

From Salman Rushdie

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

From Salman Rushdie

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

From 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.

From Salman Rushdie

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