Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and …

Salman Rushdie
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Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it. ✨ On Censorship by Salman Rushdie, www.newyorker.com. May 11, 2012.
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Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it. ✨ On Censorship by Salman Rushdie, www.newyorker.com. May 11, 2012.

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