The desire for story is very, very deep in human beings. We are the only creature in the world that does this; we are the only creature that tells stories, and sometimes those are true stories and sometimes those are made up stories. Then there are the larger stories, the grand narratives that we live in, which are things like nation and family and clan and so on. Those stories are considered to be treated reverentially. They need to be part of the way in which we conduct the discourse of our lives and to prevent people from doing something very damaging to human nature.
Salman RushdieQuestion: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself is a kind of belief. Doubt.
Salman RushdieThe frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.
Salman RushdieI do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.
Salman Rushdie