You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.
For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past.
My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.
When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die.
A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.
Dating a man is like flying a kite. You only need to know when to wind up the string or let it out.
I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. But even though he had always been poor, he ...
Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.
Let me not anchor you to a bed of weary rocks, but let me be the kite’s string that guides you in your flight.
I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious.
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.
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards.
It's a sad day for American Capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over central park.
He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.
On the Kite, the situation was being 'workshopped'. This is the means by which people who don't know anything get together to pool their ignorance.
I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.
I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
