Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL was born
on 19th June 1947. He is an Indian-born British-American novelist, whose work
often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with
connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilisations.
Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's
Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the
best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th
anniversary of the prize. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the
subject of controversy. Death threats were made against him, including a fatwa
calling for his assassination issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the
Supreme Leader of Iran, in 1989.
Here are my 10 favourite inspirational
quotes by Salman Rushdie:
“Originality is dangerous.”
“Discovery is fun. I am incredibly
open to everything.”
“There is no such thing as perfect
security, only varying levels of insecurity.”
“What is freedom of expression?
Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
“If you're offended, it's your
problem.”
“I hate admitting that my enemies have
a point.”
“Memory is a way of telling you what's
important to you
“When people do the cowardly thing,
it's not about respect, it's about fear.”
“A purpose of our lives is to broaden
what we can understand and say, and therefore be.”
“If my child had prejudice in his
head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.”
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