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Salman Rushdie Quotes

Salman Rushdie quotes

Indian Novelist, Writer June 19, 1947

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Salman Rushdie quote: "We are the only animals that tell stories to understand the..."
We are the only animals that tell stories to understand the world we live in. Salman Rushdie
What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry. Salman Rushdie
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison."
Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "To reflect is to regain a little, lost sense of proportion"
To reflect is to regain a little, lost sense of proportion Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power."
Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend,..."
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. Salman Rushdie
Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme, ferocious type. Shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence. Salman Rushdie
Unwilling wholly to abandon the project for which his wife had died, unable to maintain any longer the absolute belief which the enterprise required, Muhammad Din entered the station wagon of scepticism. Salman Rushdie
...in autobiography, as in all literature, what actually happened is less important than what the author can manage to persuade his audience to believe Salman Rushdie
Because he did have that gift, truly he did, he was the Man of a Thousand Voices and a Voice. If you wanted to know how your ketchup bottle should talk in its television commercial, if you were unsure as to the ideal voice for your packet of garlic-flavoured crisps, he was your very man. He made carpets speak in warehouse advertisements, he did celebrity impersonations, baked beans, frozen peas. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "My heart broke open and history fell in."
My heart broke open and history fell in. Salman Rushdie
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Fury...sexual, Oedipal, political, magical, brutal....drives..."
Fury...sexual, Oedipal, political, magical, brutal....drives us to our finest heights and coarsest depths Salman Rushdie
The Hindustani storyteller always knows when he loses his audience," he said. "Because the audience simply gets up and leave, or else it throws vegetables, or, if the audience is the king, it occasionally throws the storyteller headfirst off the city ramparts. And in this case, my dear Mogor-Uncle, the audience is indeed the king. Salman Rushdie

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