A Quote by Khaled Hosseini

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

Khaled Hosseini

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Khaled Hosseini
Afghani - Novelist
Born: March 4, 1965

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

Khaled Hosseini

How many more people right now feel connected to Mumbai because of Slumdog Millionaire, or suddenly are interested in the plight of orphans on Mumbai after seeing that film? The same thing with the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Khaled Hosseini

I would like people to have an appreciation for what happened to women under the Taliban, as in 'A Thousand Splendid Suns.' I hope they get a sense of how connected we all are.

Khaled Hosseini

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

Khaled Hosseini

In 2004, I took a one year sabbatical to finish my second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. At the end of that year, I was not done with my book, and had to in effect resign from work. I did. I never went back.

Khaled Hosseini

I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted skies, but also the many struggles, conflicts, and emotional highs and lows of Amir's journey [from the The Kite Runner].

Khaled Hosseini

One book that I just think is absolutely beautiful is 'The Kite Runner.' I'd recommend that one to any and everyone.

Snoh Aalegra

A kite can't really fly free,that's just an expression. In order to soar high in the sky the string of a kite needs to be anchored. If the string breaks the kite drops back to the ground. The kite's freedom depends on it not being as free as he thinks it is.

Simon Napier-Bell

A thousand laughing suns are in your eyes. A thousand crying stars in mine.

Ahmad Shamloo

The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.

Khaled Hosseini

There [in The Kite Runner] certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative.

Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them.

Khaled Hosseini

The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.

Khaled Hosseini

For me, The Kite Runner became about a guy who’s emotionally shut down because he hasn’t confronted his past.

Marc Forster

I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.

Khaled Hosseini

For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past.

Marc Forster

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