Age had not made him less handsome, as is so often the case; it had simply made him less visible.

I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don't write.

The gap between compassion and surrender is love’s darkest, deepest region.

Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars.

How different from the cosy world of Rüya's detective novels, where authors never vexed a hero with more signs than he needed.

It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people and their emotions closer to my readers, not explain Turkish politics.

Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories.