Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.
Salman RushdieI grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. My father wasn't religious at all. But he was really interested in the subject of, you know, the birth and growth of Islam. And he basically transmitted that interest to me.
Salman RushdieNot all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim.
Salman RushdieThings, even people have a way of leaking into each other like flavours when you cook.
Salman Rushdie