[Vwoolf] VW and Salman Rushdie

[Loflin, Christine]

Dear Woolfians,

I once had the pleasure of interviewing Salman Rushdie at my college, so I asked him, "Virginia Woolf says that a writer needs a room of her own and 500 pounds a year; what do you think a writer needs?" and Rushdie said "a pencil."

He explained that he meant to emphasize that writers can write anywhere, even in prison; photographers, musicians, other artists can't do that. While Woolf was advocating for writers to have privacy and freedom, Rushdie wanted to say that one can always write, one can't be prevented from writing.

If you have a pencil.

Cheers,
Christine

Christine Loflin
Oxford College of Emory University
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