I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and… — 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
I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with. — 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
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
I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that?… — 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
The fictive structure, my work, my imagination, my books are about the details, the huge construction about culture, Islamic culture or modern… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
'The Museum of Innocence' is not about politics; it's a love story, but I think it's political in the sense that it… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
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 Image
