I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.Salman Rushdie
What I worry about and don't like is the way in which the ideology of multiculturalism has declined into cultural relativism. I think that's very dangerous. When the Archbishop of Canterbury, for God's sake, says that you can't have one law for everybody... that's stupid.Salman Rushdie
In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.Salman Rushdie
Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.Salman Rushdie
If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.Salman Rushdie
The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are increasingly seen as not being neutral but rather as combatants by one side or the other.Salman Rushdie
I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone.Douglas Coupland
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.Bernard Shaw