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.

What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.

What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.

Salman Rushdie

Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on.

Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on.

Salman Rushdie

I seem to have fallen for women with missing parents. Goodness knows what it signifies.

I seem to have fallen for women with missing parents. Goodness knows what it signifies.

Salman Rushdie

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Salman Rushdie

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Salman Rushdie

One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.

One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.

Salman Rushdie

Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.

Salman Rushdie

Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.

Salman Rushdie

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism.

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism.

Salman Rushdie

I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk.

I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk.

Salman Rushdie

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