Said Sayrafiezadeh Quotes

Of course, I had a paradigm of a certain city in my head when I wrote these stories, a city that inspired my imagination, but it was only inspiration.

My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.

I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.

I suppose my Iranian identity is one of the driving forces for being a writer: I want to set the record straight about who I really am.

My characters are not underachievers; they aspire to great things, but they are limited by the world around them.

I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'

We were poor, my mother and I, living in a world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness, where storms raged and wolves scratched at the door.

I wake when my wife wakes, at 7:30 A.M. I'd like to sleep longer, but she has to go off to work, and I'd be plagued with guilt.