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" I've learned things about the craft of writing and about structuring a book and about character development and so on that I've just learned on the fly. "

Khaled Hosseini

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" I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college, then went to medical school. I've never had any formal training in writing. "

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" Too often, stories about Afghanistan center around the various wars, the opium trade, the war on terrorism. Precious little is said about the Afghan people themselves - their culture, their traditions, how they lived in their country and how they manage abroad as exiles. "

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" I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time. "

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" 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. "

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" One of the things novels should do is shine a light on those parts of us that are common, the fibres that connect all of us. They should convey the sense that we're all connected, coming from the same tree, sharing common roots. "

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" Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it. "

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

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" Ultimately, my books are not about the politics, although the toil and the struggle and the wars in Afghanistan have a significant impact on the lives of my characters. "

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