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Writers Quotes by Salman Rushdie
- Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
- Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not…
- In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
- Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
- Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
- You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
- At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in…
- I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I'm unusual…
- Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are…
- The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers who…
- The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points…
- Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.
- What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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