Author: Porochista Khakpour

Cites

• Franz Kafka (1)
  • IN: The Last Illusion (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: A cage went in search of a bird.
    FROM: The Zürau Aphorisms, (1931), Book, Czech Republic
• Sadegh Hedayat (1)
  • IN: Sons and other Flammable Objects (2007) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I thought to myself: "If it's true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I've never had a star.
    FROM: Blind Owl, (1936), Novel, Iran
• Forugh Farrokhzad (1)
  • IN: Sons and other Flammable Objects (2007) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The bird flew through the air above the red lights at the height of oblivion experiencing the blue moments madly. The bird, ah, was only a bird.
    FROM: The Bird Was Only a Bird, (2004), Poem, Iran
• Barbara Eden (1)
  • IN: Sons and other Flammable Objects (2007) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: KING: If they were doing that show today, would there be sexual implications of Jeannie and... EDEN: Well, I don't think so. Because the funny part about the show was the fact that she thought she was human and she wasn't. And she wanted to marry him. And he knew she wasn't human. So there's your comedy. She's a fish out of water. You can't have anything really happen between the two of them because she's smoke, but she doesn't think so. You know? KING: And so, she ain't there? EDEN: No. Yes.
    FROM: interview on Larry King Live, (2002), Interview, US