Rushdie, [Ahmed] Salman

British (Indian-born) author

wrote novels "Grimus" 1975, "Midnight's Children" 1981 (Booker Prize 1981), "Shame" 1983, "The Satanic Verses" 1988, "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" 1990, "The Moor's Last Sigh" 1995, essay collection "Imaginary Homelands" 1991, short story collection "East, West" 1995

entered hiding after being subject of death fatwa issued by Ruholla Khomeini 1989

• "A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but the need to believe in another. You've got it: Love."
• "A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but the need to believe in another. You've got it: Love."
• "In the cookie of life, friends are chocolate chips."
• "The only feeling of real loss is when you love someone more than you love your self."
• "How come we don't always know when love begins, but we always know when it ends?"