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Famous Salman Rushdie Quotes
“I have no problem with people's religious beliefs. I just don't happen to have any.”
“Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear.”
“Fundamentalists of all faiths are the fundamental evil of our time.”
“I for one don't need a supreme "sacred" arbiter in order to be a moral being.”
“There is no alternative to the peaceful coexistence of cultures.”
“If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.”
“I became a writer because I got addicted to story. The first storyteller in my life was my father.”
“Madame Bovary and a flying carpet, they are both untrue in the same way. Somebody made them up.”
“I get a lot of letters - a lot of letters saying, who knew that you were funny?”
“Prophet Mohammed would have no objection to The Satanic Verses.”
“Once you put a thought into the world, it can be disagreed with, but it can't be unthought.”
“It just requires so much of you, and most of the time you feel dumb.”
“You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you're lucky you finish at the smart end.”