A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self. Salman Rushdie identitylosemigrant Change image and share on social
A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve. Salman Rushdie achievebalancecontemporary Change image and share on social
The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. Salman Rushdie feelfreelive Change image and share on social
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable. Salman Rushdie eventextraordinaryhuman Change image and share on social
Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic. Salman Rushdie artisticexpressioniconoclastic Change image and share on social
I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way. Salman Rushdie booklearnteach Change image and share on social
Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons. Salman Rushdie difficultfatherread Change image and share on social
The world is a very abnormal place. Salman Rushdie abnormalplaceworld 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
