Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Of course in Turkey I'm seen as being on the 'Western' side, criticised by the nationalists, criticised by the communitarians as not… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. — 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
