"The Satanic Verses is a novel about migration, metamorphosis, divided selves, love, death, London, and Bombay. It is a serious work of literature."

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

"I like books that are a little bit dangerous."

"Free speech is not something you can have 'too much of'."

"I am a writer. I do not have to be polite. I do not have to be nice. I do not have to be politically correct. I have to be true to my imagination."