“One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthink...” — Salman Rushdie Quote

“One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.”

“The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.”

“Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.”

“You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.”

“An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.”

“Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.”