I became a writer because I got addicted to story. The first storyteller in my life was my father.
Salman RushdieIf the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.
Salman RushdieOne of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity. If you can make them sufficiently uncomfortable, they frequently respond by doing what you need them to do in the spirit of setting people free or ceasing arrests, which has worked time and time again with PEN.
Salman Rushdie