I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It's very gratifying to me to see my works bringing people closer to my country. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I talk to younger people and they say, Where is this melancholy city you… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
We should not judge Islam by terrorists. All civilizations and cultures produce terrorists. Every time there is a flag-burning, killing, or provocative… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When we lose people we love, we should never disturb their souls, whether living or dead. Instead. we should find consolation in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When two people love each other as we do, no one can come between them, no one," I said, amazed at the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
There are two kind of men,' said Ka, in a didatic voice. 'The first kind does not fall in love until he's… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it's about happiness.' 'But if you don't have any principles, and if you don't… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Novels are political not because writers carry party cards -- some do, I do not -- but because good fiction is about… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“- Za nas je otkucaj sata, baš kao žuvor šadrvana u dvorištu džamije, odjek zakoračenja u ono što je u nama, a ne zvuk… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“Near Taksim he suddenly found himself inside a crowd of people leaving a movie theater. They were staring straight ahead, as if in a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
