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What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.

Salman Rushdie

Even when things are at their worst, there’s a little voice in your head saying, ‘Good story!’
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In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
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What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.
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The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it.
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We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought.
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Until you know who you are you can’t write.
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From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
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Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.
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I didn’t become a writer to write about me.
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If somebody’s trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.
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Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today.
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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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Faith without doubt is addiction.
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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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I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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Of course, there is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don’t prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition doesn’t prove that Christianity tortures people. But that Christianity did torture people.
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