Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.
Salman RushdieI was living in New York at the time of the 9/11 attacks. And I remember, you know, in those weeks that followed, when none of us spoke about anything else really, a number of friends of mine, people I knew, including very experienced journalists, I heard them saying things like, well, now we understand what happened to you.
Salman RushdieThose who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.
Salman RushdieIt matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it.
Salman Rushdie