so i'd be other late at night on twitter and that's why discovered salman rushdie on twitter. and salman rushdie, some of you may know, has spent a lot of time on twitter, or has too much time. have you seen his kardashians homes? he done a series of poems for kim kardashian. but it's kind of wonderful to be able to say there's this one, i don't know some of rushdie, i can say if there was a letter of support for this occupy wall street movement, would you sign it? and he answers back in the middle of night, sure, yeah, and his ideas and names. so we came up with a short letter, i mean really a sense of we the undersigned writers support occupy wall street and occupy moving. we did want to get into debates. and we invited people to sign. and rushdie was the first, the first signature pages joined by $2000, five u.s. lorries, more national book award winner, pulitzer winners, a gaggle of guggenheim's, a lanyard of -- all these prices, but the key thing is it's alphabetical and anybody can sign pics of your here and you're a writer, you should suntech and i'm not going, how do i

. >>> controversial author salman rushdie is once again under the threat of an attempted assassination. rushdie backed out of plans to attend a literature festival in india when intelligence sources told him killers had been hired to quote eliminate him. rushdie's 1988 novel "the sat tannic verses" caused an uproar. >>> rushdie went into seclusion and lived under police protection for several years. in sat down with rushdie face to face in november of 2010 and then he reflected on what it is like to live under the threat of assassination. how does one do that, go into seclusion -- >> most difficult. >> or go into hiding for a period of time and then eventually emerge. >> it was tough. i wouldn't recommend it. on the whole if you can avoid being sentenced to death by a tyrannical leader or country. >> there was security? >> for nine years. i've talked to a lot of people who have had to enter that world of security, including politicians and public figures. the thing that is worst about it is the loss of spontaneous action. >> you didn't go into disguise. >> no. it would be ridiculous to

that's when i discovered salman rushdie. some of you may know, he spends a lot of time on twitter, perhaps too much. have you seen his kardashian palms? he has done a series of poems for kim kardashian or about her. but it's wonderful to be able to say, there's this writer. if there was a letter of support for the occupy wall street, would you sign it? just that in the middle of the night. sure. he has ideas and names. he came up with a short letter. i mean to our really, a sentence we the undersigned riders' support occupy wall street. we did not want to get into what it should say. we invited people to sign. he was the first, the first signatory. he was joined by -- that was 2000. five u.s. pulled laureates, national book award winners, macarthur geniuses, a lanyard -- all these prizes, but the key thing is its alphabetical, and anybody consign. if you are here and your writer, you should sign. how do i know a viscount? you decide. this -- we want to democratize the literary culture. a celebrity -- margaret atwood, all the

our new but that is just coming out by salman rushdie, pakistan on the brain.that's a second book i've seen that that title. the order pakistan may not muddle through for one particular region and all three authors are concerned with this region. it will overcome good intentions and good abilities and good people and try pakistan is not to destruction, at least to worsen were scenarios. all the doctors pick on the islamist that there is a critical variable in a negative future for pakistan. they don't predict catastrophe, but they're less optimistic. certainly malia's od and others about what happens if muddling through doesn't work. there's another option, the one my favorite i don't have a good title, but i caught the serial transformation of pakistan. nothing massive is likely to occur. frankly if it was a coup d'État i don't think he would change things at all. they think pakistan will continue the way it is going. pakistan is what aristotle called a mixed constitution. part democracy and part military talk or see. so these kind of state hard to predict. i