Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime. Salman Rushdie apparatchikchineseequivalent Change image and share on social
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence. Salman Rushdie absencelifematter Change image and share on social
The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously. Salman Rushdie gamblehopeliterature share on social
I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day. Salman Rushdie actdayintense Change image and share on social
In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me. Salman Rushdie 50salienbombay 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
I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime. Salman Rushdie crimecriminalhold share on social
In today's U.S., it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office. Salman Rushdie africanamericanelect Change image and share on social
If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point. Salman Rushdie attackfacilityiranian 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
