In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.

The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.

Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name. Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975 —and all that followed— was already laid in those first words.

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community.

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

I think the changes that have happened, there have been come positive, but by and large, you have to say the changes have been negative. The situation has reached a fairly critical stage in Afghanistan.

You have think tanks like the widely respected Atlantic Council that have published reports in the past year that have called Afghanistan a failing state.

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