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Very often, people who actually pick up a book of mine for the first time are kind of surprised. And I get these letters saying, well, who knew that you were good, you know?

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
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Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? The Blood of Jesus whispers peace within.
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Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.
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Some people are paralyzed by the consciousness of death, other people live with it.... The fatwa certainly made me think about it a lot more than I ever had. I guess I know I'm going to die, but then, so are you.
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The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award is a way of spotlighting individual cases. If you look at the history of the award, the freedom rate is very high: a very high percentage of people who receive those awards are freed in the next six months to a year. The only weapon there is attention, but interestingly it works.
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