Quick. Name one thing that unites buttery-coiffed business magnate Donald Trump and once-hunted, prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie. If you've read New York Magazine's witty little interview with the latter, you know the answer: the band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The two  had adjoining seats at a concert. Trump "knew all the words."

But the connection goes deeper. The Apprentice host is apparently also "very nice" to the novelist. "Whenever he sees me," says Rushdie, " he points and shouts, 'You're the best!' (Which is better than 'You're fired!' I guess.)"

It's hard to imagine Trump delivering the same responses as Rushdie does to some of the other questions, though. Some of our favorites:

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
I sit at a desk and stare out of a window.

What was your first job in New York?
I sat at a desk and stared out of a window.

...

Who is your mortal enemy?
Most of the really dangerous enemies in my life have been immortal.

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How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
God, I'm so broke. Please give me money.

All this and more here.

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Heather Horn