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What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.

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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

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Our lives teach us who we are.

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I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

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If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

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I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Novelist

Born: June 19th, 1947

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