Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunman have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before…

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I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something...

I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something...

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration...

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to...

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is...

I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is...

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

The future belongs to crowds.

The future belongs to crowds.

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in...

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in...

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...