It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the unique balance of being a writer and maintaining personal privacy despite achieving some level of fame.
Khaled Hosseini expresses the nuanced experience of being a writer who achieves a certain recognition, yet cherishes the anonymity that allows for a personal life free from the overwhelming pressures of public fame. He indicates that while he appreciates the recognition his work brings, the desire for a quiet and private existence outweighs any craving for fame.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for a discussion on the pros and cons of fame in a writing workshop.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
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 the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
I don't write my music for Sony. I write it for the people who are screaming down_x000D_ the road crying to a full-blast stereo.
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.
Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
In every culture, in every language, there is expressive play, expressive word play; there's language use to different purposes that we would call poetry.
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