Love and happiness inextricably combined? I wanted love stories to coincide with war stories, I wanted hope for my characters, I wanted a sense of a future. So do they. So does the reader. But perhaps I shouldn't speak for everyone when I say that love and happiness are interdependent. In my own experience, happiness came with love. Specifically, my wife. That's when my own apathy and stasis ended for good.
Such platitudes as "If you believe it, it will happen," "If you give 100%, you get 100%," "Good things happen to good people" people utter when we do… - Said Sayrafiezadeh
Such platitudes as "If you believe it, it will happen," "If you give 100%, you get 100%," "Good things happen to good people" people utter when we do…
- Said Sayrafiezadeh
I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult people in the world to writ… - Said Sayrafiezadeh
I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult people in the world to writ…
[Ending] is partly drawn from a desire to shock the audience, to brutally de-romanticize what many Americans think is happening overseas. And partly … - Said Sayrafiezadeh
[Ending] is partly drawn from a desire to shock the audience, to brutally de-romanticize what many Americans think is happening overseas. And partly …
I was trying to hold up a mirror to this country, to reflect the past years or so, and the varying degrees in which we've been affected by the war(s)… - Said Sayrafiezadeh
I was trying to hold up a mirror to this country, to reflect the past years or so, and the varying degrees in which we've been affected by the war(s)…
When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times, I know exactly what the… - Said Sayrafiezadeh
When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times, I know exactly what the…
Love and happiness inextricably combined? I wanted love stories to coincide with war stories, I wanted hope for my characters, I wanted a sense of a … - Said Sayrafiezadeh
Love and happiness inextricably combined? I wanted love stories to coincide with war stories, I wanted hope for my characters, I wanted a sense of a …
I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of like ad-libbing on stage until you remember… - Said Sayrafiezadeh
I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of like ad-libbing on stage until you remember…
The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war in each story without having to commen… - Said Sayrafiezadeh
The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war in each story without having to commen…
I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like a composer with a symphony in their … - Said Sayrafiezadeh
I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like a composer with a symphony in their …
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