The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don't like to read.
Khaled HosseiniNow, especially in public places, you always have that unease. When the children were cast, if I thought that they might be victims of violence because of participating in this movie, we would have chosen children from outside this country.
Khaled HosseiniMust have been quite the culture shock, going there.โ โYes it was.โ Idris doesnโt say that the real culture shock has been in coming back.
Khaled HosseiniOne time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.
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