To Savour Istanbul's Back Streets, To Appreciate

We're Not Stupid! We're Just Poor! And We Have A Right To Insist On This Distinction

What Was Venerated As Style Was Nothing More Than An Imperfection Or Flaw That Revealed The Guilty Hand.

The Urbanized Life Has Lead To The Destruction Of The Legends.

Mankind's Greatest Error, The Biggest Deception Of The Past Thousand Years Is This: To Confuse Poverty With Stupidity.

Over Time, I Have Come To See The Work Of Literature Less As Narrating The World Than "seeing The World With Words." From The Moment He Begins To Use Words Like Colors In A Painting, A Writer Can Begin To See How Wondrous And Surprising The World Is, And He Breaks The Bones Of Language To Find His Own Voice. For This He Needs Paper, A Pen, And The Optimism Of A Child Looking At The World For The First Time.