Top 287 Quotes by Salman Rushdie

About Salman Rushdie

These are some quotes by Indian author Salman Rushdie Novelist, who was born on June 19, 1947.

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

The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.

The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.

Salman Rushdie

Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.

Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.

Salman Rushdie

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.

Salman Rushdie

The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.

The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.

Salman Rushdie

England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.

England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.

Salman Rushdie

Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.

Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.

Salman Rushdie

Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.

Salman Rushdie

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

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

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

Salman Rushdie

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