他真卑鄙，阿亚图拉真卑鄙，居然下了死刑令，葛德华在市政府说。如果他没有这一通广告，他的书一定会滞销。我听说那本书非常枯燥。现在他会赚进数百万，不过我希望他能活着用这笔钱。

He is so vile, the Ayatollah, vile to impose the death sentence, said Koch at City Hall. If he(Rushdie) hadn’t gotten this advertising it would be on remainder, because I’m told it’s such a dull book. Now he’ll make multi-millions of dollars, but I hope he’ll live to spend it.