My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget… — 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
“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
