I believe in a world where there are no heroes…– Orhan Pamuk
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I’ve read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I’ve read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in
Oscar Wilde always makes me smile – with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both sarcastic, even cynical,
The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying
I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love
I don’t look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should
Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person
When I write, I feel that I’m writing with my intellect. When I paint, I think it’s some other force making me paint. I –
The truly great books are always novels: ‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘The Brothers Karamazov,’ ‘The Magic Mountain.’ Just as with ‘Shahnameh,’ I browse these books from time
I sometimes feel nervous because I give stupid answers to certain pointless questions. It happens in Turkish as much as in English. I speak bad
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