I am always interested in characters who are in these kinds of transitional moments in their lives, when it's not clear where they're going to end up. It's interesting territory for fiction.

Even Jack Kerouac, who famously said, "First thought, best thought," benefited from editing. His earliest works are the most edited, and they're the best of his writing.

Living in the world of the workshop, which I do as a teacher, you have to be articulate about craft. And that often involves imposing analysis on work that's in a pretty raw state.

Trust is a foundation built one brick at a time.

Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.

This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.

Everything in life has a place, and when one thing moves, it must go somewhere else.

In terms of drama school, what that will give you that you won't necessarily learn on a film set is the technical ability - ie, projecting your voice and stage craft.

It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.

Sannyas is only a declaration. The work is meditation. In one single word, my religion is complete, and that is meditation.

The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.