I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

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.

I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.

I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.

I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But i didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lip. I ran

There is a way to be good again.

[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music.