The thematic links came a little later, after I noticed I was gravitating towards certain elements - war, city, weather. So it wasn't all planned out from the start, it came out of the process.
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…
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 …
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…
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