Author: Salman Rushdie

Society

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates and if you try and step outside he will come after you.

Salman Rushdie

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates and if you try and step outside he will come after you.

Religion

I was 21 in 1968 so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies in the West anyway would have seemed absurd in 1968.

Salman Rushdie

I was 21 in 1968 so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies in the West anyway would have seemed absurd in 1968.

Poetry

A poet's work is to name the unnameable to point at frauds to take sides start arguments shape the world and stop it going to sleep.

Salman Rushdie

A poet's work is to name the unnameable to point at frauds to take sides start arguments shape the world and stop it going to sleep.

History

In this world without quiet corners there can be no easy escapes from history from hullabaloo from terrible unquiet fuss.

Salman Rushdie

In this world without quiet corners there can be no easy escapes from history from hullabaloo from terrible unquiet fuss.

History

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

Salman Rushdie

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

History

If you take a look at history you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards in order to express this idea.

Salman Rushdie

If you take a look at history you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards in order to express this idea.

History

Throughout human history the apostles of purity those who have claimed to possess a total explanation have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

Salman Rushdie

Throughout human history the apostles of purity those who have claimed to possess a total explanation have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

Great

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second their imagination and third their industry.

Salman Rushdie

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second their imagination and third their industry.