Rock and roll music – the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms. – Salman Rushdie
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations. – Salman Rushdie
I was 21 in 1968, so Im as much a child of the 60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. – Salman Rushdie
In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss. – Salman Rushdie
Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isnt really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have a certain amount of freedom when they work, and theyre more like independent filmmakers making their way through big studios. – Vincent Cassel