Do Too Much

"Go for broke. Always try and do too much. 

Dispense with safety nets. 

Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. 

Argue with the world. 

And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things-childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves-that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers."

Salman Rushdie