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I didn’t become a writer to write about me.

Salman Rushdie

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
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Constitution Freedom Religious Right Talk
Faith without doubt is addiction.
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Addiction Doubt Faith
I didn’t become a writer to write about me.
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Myself Writing
Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It’s the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.
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Book Exploration Fiction Ideas Love Movie Science
Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life.
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Eyes Fall In Love Hope Ignorance Kind Life Soft
Until you know who you are you can’t write.
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Writing Yourself
We are the storytelling animal.
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Animal Story Talk
One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions.
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Difficult Question Stay Talk Writing
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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Existence Expression Freedom Offense
Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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Blood Head Hide Mask
No, I don’t think it’s fair to label Islam ‘violent.’ But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.
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Criticism Hide Knowledge Thinking Violence Writing
What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
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Funny Kind Present
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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Deep Defeat Fear Terrorism Yourself
We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought.
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Limitation Place Religious Thinking
I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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Book Myself Reading Writing
Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart.
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Exploration Heart Human Imagination Literature Place Society Spirit Truth

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