Kite Runner Quotes

I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted…

— Khaled Hosseini

In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story,…

— Khaled Hosseini

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Except that wasn't all. The real fun began when a kite was cut. That was where the kite runners came in, those…

— Khaled Hosseini

The images [of The Kite Runner grafic] were created in Fabio Celoni's mind. I chose to let him take the lead. Fabio…

— Khaled Hosseini

There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in…

— Khaled Hosseini

“For you, a thousand times over” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner”

— Khaled Hosseini

There [in The Kite Runner] certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative.

— Khaled Hosseini

Fabio Celon did send me pages as he progressed, both in black and white and some color samples as well. It was…

— Khaled Hosseini

Even after The Kite Runner was published I continued to practice for another eighteen months. But I had always had a love…

— Khaled Hosseini

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

— Khaled Hosseini

There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again. I was entirely absorbed in…

— Khaled Hosseini

It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of…

— Khaled Hosseini

By then The Kite Runner had become quite successful and I found myself in a position that I had always dreamed of…

— Khaled Hosseini

The film [Kite Runner] was not as big a hit in the United States as it was worldwide, I think it may…

— Khaled Hosseini

How many more people right now feel connected to Mumbai because of Slumdog Millionaire, or suddenly are interested in the plight of…

— Khaled Hosseini

I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.

— Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them.

— Khaled Hosseini

“For you, a thousand times over - The Kite Runner”

— Khaled Hosseini

The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.

— Khaled Hosseini

The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.

— Khaled Hosseini

One book that I just think is absolutely beautiful is 'The Kite Runner.' I'd recommend that one to any and everyone.

— Snoh Aalegra

[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music.

— Khaled Hosseini

I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of…

— Khaled Hosseini

Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.

— Khaled Hosseini