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

I very much enjoy reading other writers' diaries, mainly because it makes me ask myself: Are they like you? How do they think?

The urbanized life has lead to the destruction of the legends.

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.

Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Instanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.

My unhappiness protects me from life.

In his brilliant new book Pankaj Mishra reverses the long gaze of the West upon the East, showing modern history as it has been felt by the majority of the world's population from Turkey to China. These are the amazing stories of the grandfathers of today's angry Asians. Excellent!