I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift.

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

You’re not going to cry, are you? - I am not going to cry! Not over you. Not in a thousand years.

Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

A stubborn ass needs a stubborn driver

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the entire story into a two-hour movie. But I was pleased with the reaction [for Kite Runner].