Now Everyone Is Prouder And Poorer

How Different From The Cosy World Of Rüya's Detective Novels, Where Authors Never Vexed A Hero With More Signs Than He Needed.

To Savour Istanbul's Back Streets, To Appreciate The Vines And Trees That Endow Its Ruins With Accidental Grace, You Must, First And Foremost, Be A Stranger To Them.

I Need The Pain Of Loneliness To Make My Imagination Work.

I Don't Read Newspapers In The Morning. I Take A Look At The Dailies In The Afternoon, But Only When I've Finished My Work For The Day. Reading About What Is Happening In Turkey Once Again Would Only Be Demoralizing For Me.

If The Americans Would Only Take All The Money They Have Spent On This War (iraq), And Spend It Like Soros Has Done On Civil Societies In These Countries, Then In 10 Years They Would Have Wonderful Results.