British-American writer, Booker Prize laureate, author of 'Midnight's Children' and 'Magical Realism'.
Hope is not passive waiting. Hope is active resistance against despair.
I am a hybrid person in a hybrid world. This is my wealth and my sorrow.
A writer lives at the border of cultures. This gives him special responsibility and special power.
Stories are our path to immortality. Through them, we live longer than nature allows.
I survived not because I was stronger, but because I chose to live. Every new day is an escape.
The pen is the weapon of truth. They may threaten me with a knife, but they cannot silence my pen.
Imagination is our ultimate freedom. When the state tries to suppress imagination, it fears the truth.