“Salman Rushdie said, "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your… — Veronica Bale Copy Share Image
“...what a leveller this remote-control gizmo was...it chopped down the heavyweight and stretched out the slight until all the set's emissions, commercials,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I am your handiwork made flesh. You took beauty and created hideousness, and out of this monstrosity your child will be born… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“To take a side against Rushdie, or to be neutral and evasive about him in the name of some vaguely sensitive ecumenical… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“On page 605, Blumenthal says that 'I made friends with Hitchens's friends the novelists Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie.' True in its… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“If a hungry dog looks for food, he does not look in the doghouse.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“She allowed history to leave her without trying to hold it back, the way children allow a grand parade to pass, holding… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“He did not wish to be divine. If there had never been a God, the emperor thought, it might have been easier… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
