The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
Salman RushdieIt is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
Salman RushdieI suppose authoritarians don't like being made fun of because authoritarian rulers have a very inflated sense of themselves and don't like being deflated, which makes it all the more important to continue to deflate them. These are very courageous people around the world who poke fun from inside these societies. So, we now have to broaden the definition of what we mean by "writer" to include bloggers, cartoonists, song writers, visual artists - all these people are, in different ways, quite brave.
Salman Rushdie