We live but for a short time, we see but very little, and we know almost nothing; so, at least, let's do some dreaming. Have yourself a very good Sun….

The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army a….

It was in Cihangir that i first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments where no one knew who was….

Novels are political not because writers carry party cards -- some do, I do not -- but because good fiction is about identifying with and understandi….

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked so hard, didn't drink, didn't enjoy l….

Painting taught literature to describe..

I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and m….

When we lose people we love, we should never disturb their souls, whether living or dead. Instead. we should find consolation in an object that remin….

Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow..