1,092 Quotes by Salman Rushdie

Two 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.

India is my kid sister.

A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

We crave permission openly to become our secret selves.

Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? The Blood of Jesus whispers peace within.

It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.

Always do something impossible right at the beginning of the show?. Swallow a sword, tie yourself in a knot, defy gravity. Do what the audience knows it could never do no matter how hard it tries. After that you'll have them eating out of your hand.

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.