Author: Salman Rushdie

Quotes

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism.

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism.

- 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

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

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

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

- Salman Rushdie

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

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

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.

- 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

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