One 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 RushdieSometimes I think that when people become famous, there's a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don't have feelings; they don't get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them.
Salman RushdieTwo things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.
Salman RushdieI used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.
Salman RushdiePeople are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.
Salman Rushdie