“One of the things that I came to feel more than before, while writing the book, and it’s not a very complicated truth, is the idea that human nature really is constant. And that the way in which human beings behave is just the way we behave, no matter what age we live in, and what our technology is, and what our particular political relations at the moment might be.”
- From and interview with Salman Rushdie. Read it here. I’ve attempted to read a few of his books a couple of times but there’s something about the style that put me off. Perhaps I’ll have another go some time. He’s an interesting character surrounded by controversy and full of contradiction.
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