
Well, all I can say is, it was the most shocking moment of my life. And I think the moment when I actually saw television images and, afterwards, photographs of my book being burned was the moment that engendered in me the kind of fury that I can't remember otherwise feeling. This was, after all, a month before Khomeini imposed the fatwa. - Salman Rushdie Interview, The Book Report, 1999, "http://www.thebookreport.com" Upon being asked what is was like seeing copies of The Satanic Verses burned in England.
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