Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. June 19, 1947
Birthday: June 19
The thing that I think was very brave of my younger self was that he decided he would be an idiot. Just persevere. That feels brave to me: deciding that I'm going to damn well be this person that I've set my heart on being.
source: What I've Learned: Salman Rushdie" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 31, 2005.
topic: Heart, Thinking, Self, Younger Self