It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the unique balance of being a writer and maintaining personal privacy despite achieving some level of fame.
Khaled Hosseini expresses the nuanced experience of being a writer who achieves a certain recognition, yet cherishes the anonymity that allows for a personal life free from the overwhelming pressures of public fame. He indicates that while he appreciates the recognition his work brings, the desire for a quiet and private existence outweighs any craving for fame.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for a discussion on the pros and cons of fame in a writing workshop.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.
If you're performing music that is not who you are or where you're at, it is painful. It's painful for the performer and for the audience.
It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve - the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman.
The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before.
Early on, I played a Chinese delivery person, and even that, which was very innocuous, felt like I was somehow betraying myself. I felt very self-conscious on set doing that role, with a crew that was almost entirely white.
I am never going to stop playing the villain. I would be foolish to do so because the audiences apparently enjoy watching me, and who am I to say no?
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