salman rushdie

“ A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. ”

“ Realism can break a writer's heart. ”

“ The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated. ”

“ Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. ”

“ Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons. ”

“ One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable. ”

“ My horizons have shrunk and I have only endings to write. ”

“ An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings. ”

“ I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it. ”

“ Reality is a question of perspective. ”