RUSHDIE ON WRITING

Aim for the stars. Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin. Keep grinning. Be bloody minded. Argue with the world. Never forget that writing is a s close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things...childhood certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, and loves that keep slipping like sand through our fingers,