What Was Venerated As Style Was Nothing

I Was At The End Of My Tether When My First Book Was Published. For Eight Years I Didn't Make A Penny, I Worked So Hard, Didn't Drink, Didn't Enjoy Life.

Love Is A Sacred Silence.

For If A Lover's Face Survives Emblazoned On Your Heart, The World Is Still Your Home.

I Sometimes Joke That I Am The First Writer Of Historical Fiction Who Can Look Out His Window And Point To The Objects In His Novels. I Have A View Of The Entrance To The Bosporus, The Old City, Hagia Sophia, The Blue Mosque.

...every Person Has A Star, Every Star Has A Friend, And For Every Person Carrying A Star There Is Someone Else Who Reflects It, And Everyone Carries This Reflection Like A Secret Confidante In The Heart.