The road of life’s twists and turns give wisdom

Two things you should never do in a hurry: make up and revenge.

Look at the woebegone walk of him. Eaten a bad egg. Poached eyes on ghost.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

We are really quite lucky this yeara because Christmas falls on Christmas Day

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

You can have levity in the film because real people look for levity in their lives.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.

Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily short stories, and primarily for myself.

If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don't censor, don't control. Listen, and write.