I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible. Salman Rushdie havehorriblereject Change image and share on social
Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory. Salman Rushdie fightgroupimage Change image and share on social
There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so, but behind locked doors, there are usually high emotions running. Salman Rushdie conflictdarknessdoor Change image and share on social
I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important. Salman Rushdie absencefindgod Change image and share on social
Someone asked me if I was afraid to write my memoirs. I told him: 'We have to stop drawing up accounts of fear! We live in a society in which people are allowed to tell their story, and that is what I do.' Salman Rushdie accountafraidallow share on social
I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable. Salman Rushdie passionaterelationshipunstable Change image and share on social
I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels. Salman Rushdie buffcinemaequal Change image and share on social
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 bedrockcountryexpression Change image and share on social
The thing I really like about Twitter is the speed with which information reaches me. You find out things from Twitter long before they're on the news. That, I think, is valuable. Salman Rushdie findinformationlong Change image and share on social
What I worry about and don't like is the way in which the ideology of multiculturalism has declined into cultural relativism. I think that's very dangerous. When the Archbishop of Canterbury, for God's sake, says that you can't have one law for everybody... that's stupid. Salman Rushdie archbishopcanterburycultural share on social
