Salman Rushdie Quotes

I am a product of my father's work.

We live inside our parents' backstory.

We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize.

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.

If you're unlucky enough not to have alcoholic parents, it takes you a whole lifetime of intoxication to overcome the dead weight of their virtues.

Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before and those who will come after.

I can see parts of my father in 'Kingdom' when I rage like that. I can see my father's frustrations in his life.

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

All my brothers have my father's voice.

My dad was a crazy person, but some of the best qualities about me came from him.

I'm a product of this visionary mother and father.

There's a line that runs between everyone and their ancestors, and you cannot sever that. Maybe disassociate from those ideas but not how you are connected to them. But, you can realise how you've benefited and change how you raise your kids.

Some folks expect my music to sound like my dad's.

My grandmother was a promoter. My father was a promoter.

I'm not going to lie; having acting greats like Kamal Haasan and Sarika as parents has, in a sense, opened doors.

I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing.

Phil is my father. He's a part of who I am. But I don't want to be defined by that.

I am not because of my father, and my son Ranbir Kapoor is not because of me.

Annie Lee Smith was my mother's name. My father's name was George Washington Smith. I have to tell you, I got all of my attributes from them, obviously, the tangibles, the intangibles. Particularly my work ethic, my dedication.

I'm a reflection of my mom, my brothers and everyone in my family. How I carry myself is a reflection of how they raised me. I've learned that.

I've always kind of gotten my personality from my mom, and whether that's 'star quality' or whatever... a lot of her is in me.

I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.

I look so much like my dad - same chin, same cheekbones, same forehead - and I play a little like him too. But I am my mother's son. I am who I am because of her.