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Censor Quotes by Salman Rushdie
- Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'
- Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to…
- We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about…
More Censor Quotes
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself.… — Emily Blunt
- Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. — Hillary Clinton
- They wanna censor me, they ratha see me in a cell, livin' in hell, with only a few of us to live… — Tupac Shakur
- The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of… — Gerald McRaney
- Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the… — Alfred Whitney Griswold
- This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which… — Thomas Jefferson
- A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. — Granville Hicks