More than anything I am a novelist. But for me, an author's job is not only to create linguistically accomplished works. As… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses us not by… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“At the heart of the novelist's craft lies an optimism which thinks that the knowledge we gather from our everyday experience, if… — 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
“- 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
