I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.

Quote by Salman Rushdie

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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in...

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

Our lives teach us who we are.

Our lives teach us who we are.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in...

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the...

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to...

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to...

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and...

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and...

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness;...

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness;...

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.