Author: Elif Safak

Quotes

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

- Elif Safak

Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from binary oppositions.

Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from binary oppositions.

- Elif Safak

The lack of trust in supranational entities and cosmopolitan elite creates a fertile ground for tribalist belongings and reactionary politics.

The lack of trust in supranational entities and cosmopolitan elite creates a fertile ground for tribalist belongings and reactionary politics.

- Elif Safak

We need a dose of doubt and a dose of faith, to challenge each other.

We need a dose of doubt and a dose of faith, to challenge each other.

- Elif Safak

God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and gender boundaries.

God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and gender boundaries.

- Elif Safak

I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities.

I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities.

- Elif Safak

I write with humour about sadness, to introduce an element of sweet to the sour, a bit like Turkish food.

I write with humour about sadness, to introduce an element of sweet to the sour, a bit like Turkish food.

- Elif Safak

English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

- Elif Safak

If there is no love between the author and the story, there is no love between the reader and the story.

If there is no love between the author and the story, there is no love between the reader and the story.

- Elif Safak

Similar Authors: