Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to ar... - Khaled Hosseini

"and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan."

"Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth."

"Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth."

"It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out."

"But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."