I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Let me first state forthright that contrary to what we've often read in books and heard from preachers, when you are a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I think it's horrible that we Turks are always seen under the aspect of Islam first. I am constantly asked about religion,… — 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
Ka found it very soothing: for the first time in years, he felt part of a family. In spite of the trials… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I sometimes joke that I am the first writer of historical fiction who can look out his window and point to the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It may not happen in the first instant, but within ten minutes of meeting a man, a woman has a clear idea… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Nothing changed in my life since I work all the time," Pamuk said then. "I've spent 30 years writing fiction. For the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It was in Cihangir that i first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments… — 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
As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Over time, I have come to see the work of literature less as narrating the world than "seeing the world with words."… — 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
