In a male-dominated environment, things are very macho, and you can't show weakness.

To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with.

The yearning to be Afghan, to be part of the country, part of the land helped me separate myself from the casual traveler and claim my Afghan identity.

After I was in an ambush, my uncles were happy - it was almost like a baptism.

It would be very hard to bring a wife to Afghanistan. In America, I'd have no problem with her doing whatever she wanted, but in Afghanistan, that's not the case.

Once words have been said there is no way to un-say them

A society can never be free without women’s liberation

A room to myself is a luxury that I do not always enjoy.

When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.

Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps the players. (on Chelsea playing on the road)

Sarah Palin has been tagged and released back into the wild.

Always push beyond what you can do.

My friend worked at a record store in Burlington and I really liked R.E.M. and a lot of music, but I didn't go to see much. I was 16, so I wasn't in bars unless I knew the band and could get in.

Hey, any team can have a bad century.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.