Salman Rushdie's Quotes

Salman Rushdie's Quotes 19

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and...

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right...

I was 21 in 1968 so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In...

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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion I would say I was...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable to point at frauds to take sides...

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There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world which has to do with...

In this world without quiet corners there can be no easy escapes from...

If you take a look at history you will find that the understanding of what...

Throughout human history the apostles of purity those who have claimed to...

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I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health my mental...

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility...

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered...

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all...

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend it ceases to...

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

If you actually want to change your world there is a better way of doing it...

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions...