It's tremendous what can happen when suddenly you make an emotional connection.

Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.

Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food.

I grew up with some kind of storytelling instinct, and when I write, my default setting is to find a story and then to tell it. It's the only way I know how to write.

There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry.

Gone. Vanished. Nothing left. Nothing said.

Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.