At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
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
Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Tužna projekcija života za pjesnika je primamljivija od samog života.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
With the death of my father, it wasn't just the objects of everyday life that had changed; even the most ordinary street… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“We don't need more museums that try to construct the historical narratives of a society, community, team, nation, state, tribe, company, or… — 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
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
Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
For the traveler we see leaning on his neighbor is an honest and well-meaning man and full of melancholy, like those Chekhov… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“However blissful it is being a soul without a body in the realm of the dead, so too is being a body… — orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation. — 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
In actuality, we don't look for smiles in pictures of bliss, but rather, for the happiness in life itself. Painters know this,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“According to my father, the greatest happiness in life was to marry the girl you'd spent your youth reading books with in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want… — 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
Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Love points the way, empties you of the stuff of life, carries you at last to the mystery of creation.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“ALIF: Painting brings to life what the mind sees, as a feast for the eyes. LAM: What the eye sees in the… — 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
