And the truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject.

A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, “It can’t get any worse!” You're essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.

Jess couldn't stop spitting out words, because they were words like blades to hurt, and if she swallowed them, she'd be scraped hollow.

You are only free when you can grow wings of wisdom to fly away from the cage of societal conformity.

Some men are warriors and some men are weenies. The trick is figuring out which is which.

No other American city is so intensely American as New York.

Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.

If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.

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

My horizons are also broadened by working with so many people around Europe. They taught me what I never would have learned just staying in my own country.

I don't have any leeches on my speed dial." — Jacob Black