[n]othing Is As Surprising As Life. Except

Happiness Is Holding Someone In Your Arms And Knowing You Hold The Whole World.

The First Thing I Learned At School Was That Some People Are Idiots; The Second Thing I Learned Was That Some Are Even Worse.

I Certainly See Myself More As A Craftsman Than As An Artist.

I Am Proud To Be A Turk, And To Write In Turkish About Turkey - And To Have Been Translated Into About 40 Languages. But I Don't Want To Politicize Things By Dramatizing Them.

Censorship Should Never Be Allowed. One Should Be Able To Say Anything. But I Refuse To Let Politics Be Foisted On Me.