I'm a perfectly equipped failure.

I'm a perfectly equipped failure.

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer.

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.

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become.

Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in.

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.