I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious.

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

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.

There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.