Salman Rushdie

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

We are living in an age when the word ‘blasphemy’ has become a weapon.

The biggest problem with censorship is that it creates a climate of fear, and that climate of fear is very bad for creativity.

The idea of the sacred is one of the most dangerous ideas in human history.

To attack a book is to attack the human mind.

The only way to defeat the forces of unreason is with the weapons of reason.

I’ve learned that the only way to get through life is to laugh at it.

The greatest danger to freedom is the abandonment of reason.

The job of the artist is to make trouble.

The world is a cacophony of voices, and it's the writer's job to make sense of it.

I think that the most important thing a writer can do is to be honest.

The human mind is a dangerous place, and that's why we need art.

Literature is not a luxury; it is a necessity.

The only way to fight darkness is with light.

To be a writer is to be a messenger from the subconscious.

The world is a novel, and we are all characters in it.

I'm interested in the idea of what happens when you cross boundaries, when you break rules.

The act of writing is an act of faith.

The world is becoming more and more polarized, and it's important for writers to speak truth to power.

I think that literature is a way of understanding the world, and understanding ourselves.