“I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult people in the world to write with candor about - mom and dad. Everything else is downhill from there.” PeopleWorldFeelsWritingTwoAbleDifficultMomDadMemoirEthicalDilemmaMom And DadCandorEthical Dilemmas Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“This is one of the ways fiction is more liberating than nonfiction - I don't have to be so concerned with fact. I had the paradigm of certain people in my head who became my characters, but I never considered these people to be from a "certain sector of society," unless we agree that we're all from certain sectors of society.” PeopleWayCharacterFactsCertainFictionConcernedAgreeNonfictionLiberatingParadigm Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“Such platitudes as "If you believe it, it will happen," "If you give 100%, you get 100%," "Good things happen to good people" people utter when we don't know what else to say. There's comfort in platitudes, and every so often they're accurate, but mainly they're hollow words. It's a sign of how little we're able to directly address the world around us. The language of the times reveals our avoidance.” PeopleWorldGivingBelieveLanguageComfortGood ThingsThings HappenGood PeopleIf You BelieveAvoidance Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
