"It is because of identity politics – we are, sadly, becoming more tribal. The expectation seems to be that a writer f…"

"Many women are asking: why do some women choose to cover their heads? We have to understand this and other questions.…"

"I learned to pay attention to the readers and not to the madness…Because to be a writer in Turkey is a bit like being…"

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"

"As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections."

"A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense."

"The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to…"

"Piety in art—poetry in art—Puseyism in art—let us be careful how we confound them."

"He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not fo…"

"Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the v…"