Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Quote by Salman Rushdie

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The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits...

The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits...

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...

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their...

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their...

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried,...

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried,...

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...

Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways...

Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways...

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...

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.

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

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...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time...

I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time...

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

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

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...

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...

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

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.