Author: Salman Rushdie

Quotes

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

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

- Salman Rushdie

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

- Salman Rushdie

British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.

British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.

- Salman Rushdie

An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.

An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.

- Salman Rushdie

Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.

Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.

- Salman Rushdie

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

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

- Salman Rushdie

Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.

Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.

- Salman Rushdie

Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.

Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.

- Salman Rushdie

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

- Salman Rushdie

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