Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century. Salman Rushdie centralcenturycondition Change image and share on social
I'll tell you what divorce hasn't taught me. It didn't teach me not to get married again. Salman Rushdie divorcemarryteach Change image and share on social
Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family. Salman Rushdie belongcolossallyembarrass Change image and share on social
If you live in free countries, you don't have to spend all your life arguing about freedom because it is all around you. It seems redundant to make a lot of noise about something when, in fact, there it is. But if someone tries to remove it, it becomes important for you to formulate your own defenses of it. Salman Rushdie arguecountrydefense share on social
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist. Salman Rushdie achievementartistartistic Change image and share on social
I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game; otherwise, she'd make mincemeat of you. Salman Rushdie extraordinarilygameintelligent Change image and share on social
In an ideal world, you could reunite the Pakistan-occupied part of Kashmir with the Indian-occupied part and restore the old borders. You could have both India and Pakistan agreeing to guarantee those borders, demilitarise the area, and to invest in it economically. In a sane world that would happen, but we don't live in a sane world. Salman Rushdie agreeareaborder share on social