Quotes by Rushdie, Salman

The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the lim >>

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that re >>

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first u >>

Quotations about Literature

All literature is gossip. >>

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and t >>

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. >>

The only privilege literature deserves -- and this privilege it requires in order to exist -- is the privilege of being in the arena of discourse, the place where the struggle of our languages can be acted out.

Rushdie, Salman