Even the Islam stuff I thought was pretty respectful about Islam in a funny way. I mean, yes, from a secular point of view, but it talks about the birth of this religion, and I thought it was pretty admiring of the person at the center of it, the prophet of Islam.
Salman RushdieI needed my stuff around me, and in that little cocoon I felt good, and I could work.
Salman RushdieIf by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.
Salman RushdieKhattam-Shud,' he said slowly, 'is the Arch-Enemy of all Stories, even of language itself. He is the Prince of Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends, because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish of everything we use his name. "It's finished," we tell one another, "it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.
Salman Rushdie