WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:28:39 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg rocking the boat – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Rushdie, Salman -- Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York City https://wist.info/rushdie-salman/85000/ https://wist.info/rushdie-salman/85000/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:25:47 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=85000 At its most effective, the censor’s lie actually succeeds in replacing the artist’s truth. That which is censored is thought to have deserved censorship. Boat-rocking is deplored.


Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York City
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