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Khaled Hosseini Quotes

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

Khaled Hosseini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: afghani
Birth: March 4, 1965

Topics

People Book You Say Never Write

I'm on the younger end of Gen X, and for me, growing up gay was not cool.

Jillian Michaels

Me Cool Growing Up End Gay Growing

But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

Mel Smith

Hope Director Up Being Given UK

I was a member of the Armed Services Committee for 18 years. I spent a big chunk of my life studying national security issues and our role in the world.

John Kasich

Life World My Life Security Studying

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.

John Sayles

Work Good Story Loved Always Out

I remember 'Roots' growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching 'Roots' was not the cool remove of reading about slavery in a book or hearing about it in class. It became something that swept people along.

John Ridley

People Cool Roots Growing Up Reading

The youth in India tend to be rebellious, as with everywhere else, and that makes Shiva exciting. He has the rebellious qualities that the youths like.

Amish Tripathi

Youth India Rebellious Exciting Like

I still get a little nervous before performing. You don't want to forget a lyric; you don't want to make a mistake. I still get butterflies. You can try to judge an audience, but you can only really judge things by the applause.

Tony Bennett

Mistake Judge You Forget Want Try

I would lying if I said I would laugh in the face of death.

Mitch Albom

Death Face Laugh Said Lying Would

I usually live in my own ignorant, pop-culture bubble, so I don't really know what people are doing.

Josh Thomas

Live People Doing Know Bubble Own

Freedom is a unique concept that everyone interprets differently.

Dmitry Medvedev

Freedom Unique Everyone Differently

My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.

Dennis Wilson

Out Beat Used Us Tyrant Crap

How could I not be the underdog, starting at 35 and a half and going from a manager and a fourth-string color commentator to being a wrestler?

Diamond Dallas Page

Color Underdog Manager Starting Half