What We Search For In Fiction Is

You Get A Strange Feeling When You're About To Leave A Place, I Told Him, Like You'll Not Only Miss The People You Love But You'll Miss The Person You Are Now At This Time And This Place, Because You'll Never Be This Way Ever Again.

Living In The Islamic Republic Is Like Having Sex With Someone You Loathe.

When I First Left Iran At The Age Of 13, Iran Had Become Such A Shining Star - It Was The Point To Which All My Desires And Dreams Returned.

Poor Reading, Like Poor Writing, Is Imposing What You Already Know On Texts. You Should Go Into Reading To Discover, Not To Reaffirm What You Know.

If I Turned Towards Books, It Was Because They Were The Only Sanctuary I Knew, One I Needed In Order To Survive, To Protect Some Aspect Of Myself That Was Now In Constant Retreat.