I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes city commute culture
I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a puppeteer pulling strings. For me, it's a scary, chaotic process over which I have little control. Words demand other words, characters resist me. Elif Safak chaoticcharactercontrol share on social
For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God. Elif Safak connectfeltgod Change image and share on social
I write with humour about sadness, to introduce an element of sweet to the sour, a bit like Turkish food. Elif Safak biteelementfood Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people. Robert Duvall albertabrightcity Change image and share on social
No one likes doing chores. In happiness surveys, housework is ranked down there with commuting as activities that people enjoy the least. Maybe that's why figuring out who does which chores usually prompts, at best, tense discussion in a household and, at worst, outright fighting. Emily Oster activitybadchore share on social
