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 Iranian regime doesn't express the wishes and values of the Iranian people.
It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

