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> [I always read the Latin American writers. I love so many of them: Gabriel García Márquez, José Donoso, Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges, Clarice Lispector. I also love a lot of American experimental writers and surrealist European writers. But perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-always-read-the-latin-american-writers-i-love-so-many-of-them/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

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## Other authors on Borges

## More by Porochista Khakpour

> [Addiction is a very compelling subject for literature - especially now that it's nearly impossible to come out of adult experience without some addiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/addiction-is-a-very-compelling-subject-for-literature-especially-now/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [In South Pasadena, artists were around but invisible somehow. Even though it was just a fifteen-minute drive from Downtown LA, it felt worlds apart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/in-south-pasadena-artists-were-around-but-invisible-somehow-even/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [I both loved and hated South Pasadena. On the one hand, it was so diverse - all my closest friends were immigrants or had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-both-loved-and-hated-south-pasadena-on-the-one-hand-it-was-so/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [There is less gray area there, less doubt. There is a security in being some thing all the way. Our culture, too, encourages this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/there-is-less-gray-area-there-less-doubt-there-is-a-security-in-being/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [The original Zal story by Ferdowsi gives a very moving account of an infant who had all odds against him - he was left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/the-original-zal-story-by-ferdowsi-gives-a-very-moving-account-of-an/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [I write very raw, ugly, illiterate first drafts very quickly (novels are always in first draft in under a year) and then I spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-write-very-raw-ugly-illiterate-first-drafts-very-quickly-novels-are/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [ It \[9/11 tragedy\] has affected us on so many levels: economically, morally, spiritually, ethically. It's been all over the place. A new American identity… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/it-9-11-tragedy-has-affected-us-on-so-many-levels-economically/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [The radical is simply being given more room in the mainstream. And I think young people - I'm talking about the very young millennials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/the-radical-is-simply-being-given-more-room-in-the-mainstream-and-i/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [My characters' addictions are what makes them a bit stylized or "grotesque" - not just in appearance but through what drives them. Addiction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/my-characters-addictions-are-what-makes-them-a-bit-stylized-or/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [I wanted to literalize the surreal here. Those are my favorite kinds of stories. I love when Gabriel García Márquez does that, for instance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-wanted-to-literalize-the-surreal-here-those-are-my-favorite-kinds/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [I love outsider stories. And I also like a lot of genre fiction, too. So I wanted to write a literary book that flirted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-love-outsider-stories-and-i-also-like-a-lot-of-genre-fiction-too-so/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [9/11 was just an enormous event in so many senses of the word - I mean, we are still in the "post-9/11 era" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/9-11-was-just-an-enormous-event-in-so-many-senses-of-the-word-i-mean/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [The Illusionist is the storyteller in so many ways. Symbols become his obsession. It's not simply about creating plot - one must also grapple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/the-illusionist-is-the-storyteller-in-so-many-ways-symbols-become-his/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [Being unique seems more desirable than ever. People are exhausted by clichés, by platitudes, by mass-produced realities, by what's been done and done and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/being-unique-seems-more-desirable-than-ever-people-are-exhausted-by/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

> [I guess none of the sides of my hyphen are particularly subtle cultures. But perhaps there is also a sense that these characters are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porochista-khakpour/i-guess-none-of-the-sides-of-my-hyphen-are-particularly-subtle/)

[Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porochista-khakpour/)

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