Writer Quotes by Orhan Pamuk

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.

— Orhan Pamuk

I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.

— Orhan Pamuk

When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.

— Orhan Pamuk

Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.

— Orhan Pamuk

Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.

— Orhan Pamuk

I don't like to make strong statements. I want to write strong novels... I keep my deep, radical things for my novels.

— Orhan Pamuk

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was…

— Orhan Pamuk

After all, isn't the purpose of the novel, or of a museum, for that matter, to relate our memories with such sincerity…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his…

— Orhan Pamuk

The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his…

— Orhan Pamuk

I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books.

— Orhan Pamuk

I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next…

— Orhan Pamuk

I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold…

— Orhan Pamuk

I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee,…

— Orhan Pamuk

I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my…

— Orhan Pamuk

Many great authors of the 19th century wrote under conditions of strict censorship. The great thing about the art of writing a…

— Orhan Pamuk

If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other…

— Orhan Pamuk

I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing…

— Orhan Pamuk

I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that…

— Orhan Pamuk

Nothing changed in my life since I work all the time," Pamuk said then. "I've spent 30 years writing fiction. For the…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Because, as I would always tell myself so many years later, lying here in my bed: You can't start out again in…

— Orhan Pamuk

“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him…

— Orhan Pamuk

I think novelists should be disciplined and self-imposed working hours. I work a lot, but I don't feel that I'm working. I…

— Orhan Pamuk

To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much…

— Orhan Pamuk

“What would he have to say about the Nabokov Museum in the same city, which during the Stalin era had served as…

— Orhan Pamuk

Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.

— Orhan Pamuk

A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

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

[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation.

— Orhan Pamuk

First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and…

— Orhan Pamuk

True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world…

— Orhan Pamuk

“After all, nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.”

— Orhan Pamuk

Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like…

— Orhan Pamuk

The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these…

— Orhan Pamuk

Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that?…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him…

— Orhan Pamuk

“You cannot embark on life, that one-off coach ride, once again when it is over, but if you have a book in…

— Orhan Pamuk