I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.
No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

