Salman Rushdie

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

A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.

Certainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there.

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

India is my kid sister.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.