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.
Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.
One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
The way to see what looks good and understand the reasons it looks good, and to be at one with this goodness as the work proceeds, is to cultivate an inner quietness, a peace of mind so that goodness can shine through.
I don't want to repeat myself. I'm not going to play a guy like Allen in Happiness again any time soon because I did that and I don't want to tarnish or dilute that film by doing it again, maybe less well.
It's still magic even if you know how it's done.
If it adapts itself to what the majority of our society wants, art will be a meaningless recreation.
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