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 Copy Share Image
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility. — 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
