I have to say that after some initial resistance, I'm now a complete 'Game of Thrones' addict.
From Salman Rushdie
I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.
In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I don't like blood and gore, and I am very squeamish about violence, but Tarantino's violence is actually funny.
If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.
Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
Actually, I don't even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don't like places where the noise is so loud you can't talk to people.
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