“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.” ThinkingWritingFirstsRomanceEnergyNovelRunnersKitesFondness Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.” WellsStoriesFeltNovelVisualsRunnersGraphicKitesRetellingGraphic Novels Author:Khaled Hosseini
“Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily short stories, and primarily for myself.” WritingFirstsStoriesNovelShort StoryRunnersAnd OffKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again. I was entirely absorbed in that world as I wrote the book [The Kite Runner] and to see the final page of that manuscript whir out of the printer was a very special feeling indeed.” WorldWritingFirstsBookFeelingsRomanceEnergyNovelSpecialPagesFinalsRunnersManuscriptsKitesPrinter Author:Khaled Hosseini
“In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story, it might work much better as a longer one. The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.” WellsStoriesMightFoundNovelOriginalsMarchShort StoryExpansionRunnersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.” StoriesNovelOriginalsShort StoryExpansionRunnersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.” CharacterStoriesLinesNovelPlotRunnersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of prejudice or discomfort with female characters, but rather by the demands of the narrative.” MenCharacterHappensNovelDemandMajorsFemalePrejudiceNarrativeRunnersDiscomfortFemale CharactersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini