It's A Great Relief For Me That

It Is Not My Intention To Explain Turkey, Its Culture And Its Problems. My Literature Has A Universal Concern: I Want To Bring People And Their Emotions Closer To My Readers, Not Explain Turkish Politics.

The Silence Of Snow, Thought The Man Sitting Just Behind The Bus Driver.

I Believe That It Isn't Victories But Defeats That Promote Nationalism.

Novels Are Political Not Because Writers Carry Party Cards -- Some Do, I Do Not -- But Because Good Fiction Is About Identifying With And Understanding People Who Are Not Necessarily Like Us. By Nature All Good Novels Are Political Because Identifying With The Other Is Political. At The Heart Of The 'art Of The Novel' Lies The Human Capacity To See The World Through Others' Eyes. Compassion Is The Greatest Strength Of The Novelist.

What Was The Difference Between Love And The Agony Of Waiting? Like Love, The Agony Of Waiting Began In The Muscles And Somewhere Around The Upper Belly But Soon Spread Out To The Chest, The Thighs, And The Forehead, To Invade The Entire Body With Numbing Force.