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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

Engels writer

Lived from: 1947 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 19 june 1947

  • The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.
  • This paranoid Islam, which blames outsider, 'infidels', for all the ills of Muslim societies, and whose proposed remedy is the closing of those societies to the rival project of modernity, is presently the fastest growing version of Islam in the world.
  • A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
  • 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.
  • No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.
  • Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
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  • A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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  • In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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  • India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name is God.
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  • Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the case of literature, its readers; to be, for a secular, materialist culture, some sort of replacement for what the love of god offers in the world of faith.
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  • Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world.
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  • This paranoid Islam, which blames outsider, 'infidels', for all the ills of Muslim societies, and whose proposed remedy is the closing of those societies to the rival project of modernity, is presently the fastest growing version of Islam in the world.
    NY Times 2-11-2001 Yes, This Is About Islam
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  • Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
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What are the most famous quotes from Salman Rushdie?

The two most famous quotes from Salman Rushdie are:

  • "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."
  • "In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss."

When did Salman Rushdie live?

Salman Rushdie was born in 1947.