Quiet Is Peace. Tranquility. Quiet Is Turning

If Culture Was A House, Then Language Was The Key To The Front Door, [and] To All Rooms Inside.

The Story Line Of My Novel [the Kite Runner] Is Largely Fictional. The Characters Were Invented And The Plot Imagined.

For A Novelist, It's Kind Of An Onerous Burden To Represent An Entire Culture.

I Returned To Kabul After A 27-year Absence. I Came Away With Some Optimism But Not As Much As I Had Hoped For. The Two Major Issues In Afghanistan Are A Lack Of Security Outside Kabul (particularly In The South And East) And The Powerful Warlords Ruling Over The Provinces With Little Or No Allegiance To The Central Government. The Other Rapidly Rising Concern Is The Narcotic Trade Which, If Not Dealt With, May Turn Afghanistan Into Another Bolivia Or Colombia.

I Think He Loved Us Equally, But Differently.