“A
bad back, sleep deprivation, loneliness, moods, lack of money. An unmatched
high when it’s going well. Ecstasy when a sentence, paragraph or chapter turns
out the way you intended. Tears of joy when you see a book you’ve been toiling
over for years inside a beautiful cover.”—Kashmir-born British novelist Mirza
Waheed, answering “What Does It Mean to be a Writer?,” in “Small Talk: Mirna Waheed,” in Financial
Times, November 8-9, 2014
(Photo of Mirza Waheed taken Feb. 18, 2016,
by Ahmadilyaz.)
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