There was a series called 'Game of Thrones' which was very popular here in the United States, a post-Tolkien kind of thing. It was garbage, yet very addictive garbage - because there's lots of violence, all the women take their clothes off all the time, and it's kind of fun. Salman Rushdie addictivecallclothe share on social
My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for. Salman Rushdie bizarrelychildembarrass share on social
The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot. Salman Rushdie haveinterconnectlot Change image and share on social
I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me. Salman Rushdie childfacebookfind Change image and share on social
Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain. Salman Rushdie babycomparefemale Change image and share on social
I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character. Salman Rushdie centralcharacterhave Change image and share on social
In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition. Salman Rushdie absolutecountercult share on social
There is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don't prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition doesn't prove that Christianity tortures people. But that Christianity did torture people. Salman Rushdie actchristianitycrusade 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
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
