Elif Safak Quotes

I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a puppeteer pulling strings. For me, it's a scary, chaotic process over which I have little control. Words demand other words, characters resist me.

Elif Safak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: turkish
  • Birth: October 25, 1971

Topics

MyselfWordsMeControlStoryDrunk

I've got a business manager and he'll just come right out and say, 'It wasn't the best part for you,' or 'It was okay, but I've seen you do better.' So when he does say, 'Wow that was great!,' then I know that he means it and it's something.

John Mahoney

BusinessGreatBestBetterYouKnow

During the four years I had spent in New York, I had achieved top status as a model and had worked for the best photographers and designers in the world. I had grown used to hearing that I was exotic and high-fashion.

Anjelica Huston

BestNew YorkWorldNewTopHearing

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Jean Rostand

ScienceMenWorthyBeingUsMade

I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.

Amiri Baraka

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When I was younger, I would eat everything.

Summer Sanders

EatEverythingWouldYounger

I love salads and vegetable sandwiches.

Torrey DeVitto

LoveSandwichesVegetableI Love

I had a wonderful career.

Robert Duvall

CareerWonderfulHad

I tell you, being on a soap is the hardest work, and it gets so old. Get on your mark, get in the light, don't turn too far upstage - that's all it is.

Robin Wright

WorkLightYouOldTurnTell

I noticed the people who drove the nicest cars were all in the garment business.

Do Won Chang

BusinessPeopleWhoWereNoticed

Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome.

Colin Firth

SexyTryingForgetJustGruesome

I've never believed in competition. Everyone's here to do their own thing and become successful in that respect.

Armaan Malik

RespectCompetitionBecomeNeverOwn

I never know going in if I've even got a movie to make. Once you start making a film, you hope there's going to be enough material! My job as a director is always to push for more.

Asif Kapadia

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