If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long. Salman Rushdie costdeadengland Change image and share on social
People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever. Salman Rushdie beachbookhave Change image and share on social
The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini. Salman Rushdie ayatollahbadbadly Change image and share on social
I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal. Salman Rushdie blaireastfatal Change image and share on social
In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India. Salman Rushdie attackbasecause Change image and share on social
I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that my imagination has returned to more than anywhere else. Salman Rushdie bombayhometownimagination Change image and share on social
I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in. Salman Rushdie explaingodidea Change image and share on social
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes. Salman Rushdie changeconservativecrime Change image and share on social
When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear. Salman Rushdie cowardlyfearpeople 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
