Top 58 Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

About Khaled Hosseini

These are some quotes by Afghani author Khaled Hosseini Novelist, who was born on March 4, 1965.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

Khaled Hosseini

When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

Khaled Hosseini

I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my grandmother, and my father as well.

I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my grandmother, and my father as well.

Khaled Hosseini

My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness in life, want their life to have a sense of security and predictability, who want to belong to something bigger than them, who want love and affection in their life, who want a good future for the children.

Khaled Hosseini

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

Khaled Hosseini

There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.

There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.

Khaled Hosseini

The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

Khaled Hosseini

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

Khaled Hosseini

For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda.

For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda.

Khaled Hosseini

For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture.

For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture.

Khaled Hosseini

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