You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any more.
Salman RushdieI'm not saying I am never going to fall in love again, but there is no need to marry.
Salman RushdieOne of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'
Salman RushdieWriters have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
Salman Rushdie