Occupation: Novelist Birth: March 4, 1965
and yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had love and been loved back. she was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. a mother. a p….
I was overwhelmed with the kindness of people [in Afghanistan] and found that they had managed to retain their dignity, their pride, and their hospit….
In early 1999, I was watching TV, when I came across a story on Afghanistan. It was a story about the Taliban and the restrictions they were imposing….
Writing for me is largely about rewriting..
I feel like we [americans] are a unique nation in this world, in that we are able to implement great change in our society over a relatively short pe….
Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly..
[Barack Obama] is sending more troops [to Afghanistan], but they have also realized that we are not going to win that war through guns and tanks. We ….
No matter where we're born, which countries we're raised in, what cultures we come from, there are some universal experiences we all have as children….
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth..
[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music..
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan ….
I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away un….
you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took courage. for that, i honor you..
The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction..
And one more thing...You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab..
Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always..
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting t….
J’aurais dû être plus gentille—I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you ar….
Fabio Celon did send me pages as he progressed, both in black and white and some color samples as well. It was really exciting to see the sketches an….
But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her.
The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don't like to read..