Elif Safak Quotes

I like to question cultural biases wherever I go, and I question Islamophobia as much as I question anti-western sentiment because I think all extremist ideologies are very similar.

Elif Safak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkGoQuestionWhereverBecause

Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?

John Amery

LeaderDreamsWarHeritageNothing

In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk.

John Badham

PowerWalkSayingStoryLogicAlive

When I was little, the idea of waking up as a girl was like a fairytale. I had this idea that I'd meet a witch who would transform me. From the moment I found out that it was actually possible, I went to bed each night feeling that when it happens, it will be the best day of my life. And it was!

Andreja Pejic

LifeGirlMomentBestDayMe

I like games that are complex - the deeper you get into the game, the more there is to learn.

John Mackey

GameLearnYouGamesMoreComplex

I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.

John Slattery

HopeMoneyPeopleYouGoSee

People always tell me my books are so dark; I don't think they're particularly dark. I'm not like that. I'm quite a cheerful soul.

Ruth Rendell

SoulPeopleMeThinkDarkCheerful

Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong.

Mary Beth Whitehead

MotherMyselfMeHusbandStrongSee

I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act.

Michael Keaton

EnergyClubActMoveAroundLot

I saw my potential as artistic director, which is very different from designer. Fashion companies might have $200 million to $300 million in annual sales - Hugo Boss has €2.5 billion. I have to create a world that is believable and also relevant in 7,000 sales points around the world.

Jason Wu

BossWorldFashionPotentialCreate

One can only hope that America, and other countries, will not need more natural persuasion before taking to heart the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.

Joseph Stiglitz

HopeHeartAmericaPersuasionWill

I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one reads.

Derek Walcott

BlackThinkSomeoneWhiteWhomAny

Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade.

Demetri Martin

ProgressWayOkayKidStartedAgain

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