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

- Salman Rushdie

A book is not completed till it's read.

- Salman Rushdie

If somebody's trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.

- Salman Rushdie

Our lives teach us who we are.

- Salman Rushdie

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

- Salman Rushdie

I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity.

- Salman Rushdie

If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.

- Salman Rushdie

Liberate yourself, because no one else is going to liberate you

- Salman Rushdie

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

- Salman Rushdie