You say their stories, it is gift they give you.
Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There is a way to be good again.
Writing for me is largely about rewriting.
[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music.
Years later, I learned an English word for the creature that Assef was, a word for which a good Farsi equivalent does not exist: sociopath.