I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character. Salman Rushdie centralcharacterhave Change image and share on social
In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition. Salman Rushdie absolutecountercult share on social
I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious. Salman Rushdie brieflydalaideeply share on social
When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters. Salman Rushdie alterchildparent Change image and share on social
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 argumentfraudpoet Change image and share on social
You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years. Salman Rushdie basedateidea Change image and share on social
I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie. Salman Rushdie childcrylot Change image and share on social
Many of us didn't believe in the image of bin Laden as a wandering Old Man of the Mountains, living on plants and insects in an inhospitable cave somewhere on the porous Pakistan-Afghan border. Salman Rushdie afghanbinborder Change image and share on social
The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans. Salman Rushdie afghanpeoplesuffer Change image and share on social
The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things. Salman Rushdie endfightfriend share on social
