I like ghosts as a metaphor for the outsider. I wish they were real; that would be my preferred afterlife plan. I'd love to observe and haunt with little involvement-I guess that's what being a writer is. (Porochista Khakpour)

I like ghosts as a metaphor for the outsider. I wish they were real; that would be my preferred afterlife plan. I'd love to observe and haunt with little involvement-I guess that's what being a writer is.

Porochista Khakpour

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