Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere

Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.

I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a quiet place, open my diary and write something in it.

My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.

Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is the silence of snow.

The image that I remember most of all is of the Fenerbahçe players storming into the stadium before kickoff. They were called the canaries because of their yellow jerseys. It was as if they, like canaries, were fluttering into the stadium out of a hole. I loved it. It was poetry.