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Writing Quotes by 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 first 10 years…
- When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.
- [N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation.
- I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own…
- A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.
- A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is:…
- I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I…
- I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in…
- I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
- Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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