• Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.

    Salman Rushdie: Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
    "Salman Rushdie: My family values". Interview with Anita Sethi, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2012.