I now know that some people feel unhappiness the way others love: privately, intensely, and without recourse.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

Tariq tucked the gun into the waist of his denims. Then he said a thing both lovely and terrible. "For you," he said. "I'd kill with it for you, Laila.

There are so many orgizations that do amazing work. I represent not only my own foundation, but the UN Refugee Agency, which has been around since 1951, and has helped 30 million refugees around the world.

I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.

It's tremendous what can happen when suddenly you make an emotional connection.

I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.