Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.
SALMAN RUSHDIEIt is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
More Salman Rushdie Quotes
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Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.
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We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From there we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities.
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Faith without doubt is addiction.
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I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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I didn’t become a writer to write about me.
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My horizon’s have shrunk and I have only endings to write.
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What’s real and what’s true aren’t necessarily the same.
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We all owe death a life.
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What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
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I’ve been worrying about God a little bit lately. It seems like he’s been in a bad mood. And I think it has to do with the quality of lovers he’s been getting.
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings.
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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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Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet, Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.
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The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it.
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