It was great fun writing a book.... It built an impalpable crystal sphere around one of interests and ideas. In a sense one felt like a goldfish in a bowl; but in this case the goldfish made his own bowl. This came along everywhere with me. It never got knocked about in travelling, and there was never a moment when agreeable occupation was lacking. Either the glass had to be polished, or the structure extended or contracted, or the walls required strengthening.

The cornerstone of education is an easy system of reading and writing. The key to this is the new Turkish alphabet based on the Latin script.

There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight.

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

Our writing equipment takes part in forming our thoughts.

Everyone being allowed to learn to read ruins in the long run not only writing but also thinking.