The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated. Salman Rushdie forbidglamourunderestimate Change image and share on social
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
I accept there are people out there who don't like me. I don't like them. Salman Rushdie acceptpeople Change image and share on social
In television, the 60-minute series, 'The Wire' and 'Mad Men' and so on, the writer is the primary creative artist. Salman Rushdie artistcreativemad Change image and share on social
I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given. Salman Rushdie attemptchinachinese 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
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics. Salman Rushdie ethicframeworkpeople Change image and share on social
When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue. Salman Rushdie filmindependentissue Change image and share on social
A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. Salman Rushdie argumentfraudpoet Change image and share on social
The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things. Salman Rushdie endfightfriend share on social