If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up. Salman Rushdie blowchangeworld Change image and share on social
We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions. Salman Rushdie afraidcensorfrighten Change image and share on social
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it. Salman Rushdie censorshipstoptalk Change image and share on social
I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I? Salman Rushdie advertisebearbook share on social
The Chinese are good at repression and can be pretty ruthless about it. Salman Rushdie chinesegoodpretty Change image and share on social
Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts. Salman Rushdie factlegendmake Change image and share on social
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage. Salman Rushdie carrycornercower share on social
When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book. Salman Rushdie bookchildelement Change image and share on social
I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national. Salman Rushdie americancitizencity Change image and share on social
