With the death of my father, it wasn't just the objects of everyday life that had changed; even the most ordinary street scenes had become irreplaceable mementos of a lost world whose every detail figured in the meaning of the whole.

The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.

As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body.

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.

Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.