My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
My diary has its own kind of magic. It gives me the feeling of having accomplished something. On days when I don't… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Instanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without… — 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
