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He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real.

Salman Rushdie

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.
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Head Literature Place Possible Secret Society Talk Voice Way
I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity.
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Fear Mad Myself Weird
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.
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Criticism Deserve Fear Religion Respect
Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it’s not something that I practice or recommend, but to each his own.
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History Kind Man Problem Religion Responsible
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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Deep Defeat Fear Terrorism Yourself
Too many people spouting too many words, and in the end those words will turn to bullets and stones.
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End People Weapon Word
It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it.
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Legal Name
Until you know who you are you can’t write.
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Writing Yourself
What’s real and what’s true aren’t necessarily the same.
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Home Necessary Reality True
What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
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Funny Kind Present
It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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Book Easy Yourself
I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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Book Myself Reading Writing
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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Ability Crime Human Nature Story
We are the storytelling animal.
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Animal Story Talk
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
I didn’t become a writer to write about me.
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Myself Writing

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