Traveling to Europe and traveling in the U.S.A. was a much different experience. 'On the Road' exemplified everything glamorous that was... →
Edward Ruscha
It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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.
The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.
I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the... →
Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a result, drive him to write... →
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... →
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... →