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Salman Rushdie Quotes

Indian - Novelist | June 19, 1947 -

I am certainly not a good Muslim. But I am able now to say that I am Muslim; in fact it is a source of happiness to say that I am now inside, and a part of the community whose values have always been closest to my heart.

Good Happiness Community Heart I Am

The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.

Government Revolution Involved West

I will come back to India - so deal with it.

Back India Will Deal Come

The world is always terrible.

World Always Terrible

The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.

Dance You Enemy Important Terrorism

When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.

Fear Respect People Cowardly About

I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.

Best Think Know Say Nothing Critics

Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.

Care Go Say Want She Head

When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.

Me Writing You Know Say Islam

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

Change Good Adventure School Happy

Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.

Book You Know Sometimes Finish Got

I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element.

Family Women Men Friends More Fact

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