Salman Rushdie Quotes

I just wanted to have a private life.

We're just private people.

It is very unreasonable of people to expect one should be at home, because one is in the house. Of all privileges, that of invisibility is the most valuable.

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.

Sometimes it's nice for people not to know anything about me.

Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.

I prefer to be a private person.

It's really not important what my personal life is.

I don't want anybody to know anything about me.

I don't want anyone to know my business, and that's the way I like it.

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

I am private.

I just love my privacy.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.

My anonymity is something I treasure.

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.

I want my personal life to be personal.