it is a heartBreaking sound, Amir Jan, the Wailing of a mother. I pray to Allah you Never hear it.

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.

There [in The Kite Runner] certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative.

If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community.

Sad stories make good books

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.

Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.