Turkey's economy is powerful enough to tackle tough times.

The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.

Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.

Turkey is widely envied while there are very serious troubles in the world economy.

Turkeys energy bill due to imports will fall with the increase in use of renewable energy sources. We have no control over the prices of petroleum and natural gas.

The E.U. initially decided to end the isolation of Turkish Cyprus, to balance the accession of Cyprus. But the E.U. has not carried through on its promise.

Islam and democracy can function together.

Greece is not an easy country to do business in.

Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.

Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.

I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.

I could always live in my art but never in my life

My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.

...But the problem is, people tend to assign you the role of the person you are at your worst, you know?

Writers are only rarely likable.

I got tired, I told him. Not worn out, but worn through. Like one of those wives who wakes up one morning and says I can't bake any more bread.

I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.

Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.

My journey has been a very slow build-up. Each year has been a step upward. I've never actually gone backward.