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Khaled Hosseini

Afghani Novelist

Born: Mar 4, 1965

Life Me People Think Writing You

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A Western-style democracy in Afghanistan is a dream. I don't see that as a reality anytime soon. But I think some form of representative political process is not that far-fetched. Khaled Hosseini

Democracy Reality Political Think Dream See Some Soon Political Process Afghanistan Representative Form Process Anytime Far-Fetched

For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda. Khaled Hosseini

I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by pointing to examples of what they view as Western mistreatment of women, or even worse, justify the oppression of women on the basis of notions derived from Sharia law. Khaled Hosseini

Women Oppression Law Elsewhere Worse Examples Pointing Leaders Islamic Female Always Am Issue Existence Western Very Deny Afghanistan Justify View Notions Avoid Derived Even Even Worse Basis

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me. Khaled Hosseini

Success Me Books Bewildering Surprise

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write. Khaled Hosseini

I have this almost pathological fear of boring the reader. Khaled Hosseini

Fear Boring Almost Reader Pathological

To me, families are puzzles that take a lifetime to work out - or not, as often is the case - and I like to explore how people within them try to connect, be it through love, duty, or circumstance. Khaled Hosseini

I'm glad I wrote them when I did because I think if I were to write my first novel now, it would be a different book, and it may not be the book that everybody wants to read. But if I were given a red pen now, and I went back... I'd take that thing apart. Khaled Hosseini

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I'm so fascinated by how people destroy each other and love each other. Khaled Hosseini

Love People Other Destroy How Fascinated Each

I landed in Kabul the day before Shock and Awe in Iraq, and you could all but hear the collective groan. Khaled Hosseini

Day You Collective Before Could Hear Iraq Shock Landed Awe

The jury is out as to whether the Afghans are up to the task of protecting their people. Khaled Hosseini

People Out Protecting Up Task Jury Afghans Whether

I grew up around a lot of Rumi, Hafez and Omar Khayyam books. My parents in Kabul had all the volumes around the house. Khaled Hosseini

Parents Books Had Volumes House Around Lot Up Grew Omar

Obama's middle name differs from my last name by only two vowels. Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah, too? Do McCain and Palin think there's something wrong with my name? Khaled Hosseini

Me Think Too Obama Something Only Wrong Name Vowels Does Campaign Middle McCain View Differs Palin Last Two

I - and, I suspect, millions of Americans like me, Republicans and Democrats alike - couldn't care less about Obama's middle name or the ridiculous six-degrees-of-separation game that is the William Ayers non-issue. Khaled Hosseini

Me Game Care Alike William Obama About Name Like Democrats American Suspect Middle Republicans Republicans And Democrats Less Ridiculous Millions

I never thought what I wrote was good enough to be published. I thought of myself as completely detached from that constellation of real writers. It was completely for myself. Khaled Hosseini

Myself Good Thought Enough Detached Writers Never Wrote Real Published

My parents were reasonably affluent in Kabul. In the States, we were on welfare. My mom became a waitress, and my dad became a driving instructor. That part of the American immigrant experience applies to people of any nationality. Khaled Hosseini

Mom Experience People Welfare Parents States Immigrant Driving Part Instructor Became Were Waitress Affluent American Any Nationality Reasonably Dad

Everything for me starts very small and snowballs. So I rarely start with the grand idea and find a place for it and narrow down. It's, really, just start small, and as I'm writing it, I begin to see - sometimes to my own surprise - what's unfolding and what's blooming. Khaled Hosseini

Me Writing Sometimes Own Down Starts Everything Find See Rarely My Own Small Idea Narrow Surprise Very Begin Blooming Just Unfolding Grand Place Really Start

The deal is such that when I begin writing something, I open a door, and those characters come in, and then they won't leave, and so I live with them every day, all day. They are there with me when I'm driving my kids to school, when I'm standing in line at the grocery store. Khaled Hosseini

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My books never go where I think they're going. Khaled Hosseini

Think Books Never Go Going Where

One of the things novels should do is shine a light on those parts of us that are common, the fibres that connect all of us. They should convey the sense that we're all connected, coming from the same tree, sharing common roots. Khaled Hosseini

Light Shine Sense Tree Those One Of The Things Sharing Parts Coming Same Common Convey Us Roots Should Connect Connected Novels Things

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