Salman Rushdie

Biography

Quotes

  • The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
  • If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
  • Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.
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