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

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Source : Salman Rushdie (1990). “In good faith”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Salman Rushdie

#Honesty Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Expression Quotes

“Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.”
“I like the idea of having a film that is choreographic in all its aspects, not only in the dancing scenes, but also in the way the camera and the characters move in order to have that feeling that it's always musical.”
“By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.”
“Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.”
“To know the piano is to know the universe. To master the piano is to master the universe. The spectrum of piano sound acts as a prism through which all musical and non-musical sounds may be filtered. The grunts of sheep, the braying of mules, the popping of champagne corks, the sighs of unrequited love, not to mention the full lexicon of sounds available to all other instruments-including whistles, scrapes, bleatings, caresses, thuds, hoots, plus sweet and sour pluckings-fall within the sovereignty of this most bare and dissembling chameleon.”
“I'm an ambitious self-publicist out of necessity. I've never been one to miss an opportunity because I've never had any illusions about how hard it is to survive as a painter... It's been an extra driving force to be able to prove the sceptics wrong.”
“I don't miss acting at all.”
“To say nothing of what you lose, lose, lose, are losing, man. You fool, you stupid fool ... You've even been insulated from the responsibility of genuine suffering ... Even the suffering you do endure is largely unnecessary. Actually spurious. It lacks the very basis you require of it for its tragic nature. You deceive yourself.”

Source : Malcolm Lowry (2012). “Under the Volcano: A Novel”, p.317, Open Road Media

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