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Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries."

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture."

Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.




Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "After all, isn't the purpose of the novel, or of a museum, for that matter, to relate our memories with such sincerity as to transform individual happiness into a happiness all can share?"

After all, isn't the purpose of the novel, or of a museum, for that matter, to relate our memories with such sincerity as to transform individual happiness into a happiness all can share?



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them"

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them




Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism."

I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked so hard, didn't drink, didn't enjoy life."

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked so hard, didn't drink, didn't enjoy life.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west."

My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.




Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "My diary has its own kind of magic. It gives me the feeling of having accomplished something. On days when I don't have time for this, I feel tortured."

My diary has its own kind of magic. It gives me the feeling of having accomplished something. On days when I don't have time for this, I feel tortured.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity."

Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game."

The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Happiness is laughing together."

Happiness is laughing together.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "The urbanized life has lead to the destruction of the legends."

The urbanized life has lead to the destruction of the legends.




Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "It's very gratifying to me to see my works bringing people closer to my country."

It's very gratifying to me to see my works bringing people closer to my country.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Colour is the touch of the eye, Music to the deaf, A word out of darkness."

Colour is the touch of the eye, Music to the deaf, A word out of darkness.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a quiet place, open my diary and write something in it."

I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a quiet place, open my diary and write something in it.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body."

As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body.



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

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



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life"

The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Clocks and calendars do not exist to remind us of the Time we've forgotten but to regulate our relations with others and indeed all of society, and this is how we use them."

Clocks and calendars do not exist to remind us of the Time we've forgotten but to regulate our relations with others and indeed all of society, and this is how we use them.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction"

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Let me first state forthright that contrary to what we've often read in books and heard from preachers, when you are a woman, you don't feel like the Devil."

Let me first state forthright that contrary to what we've often read in books and heard from preachers, when you are a woman, you don't feel like the Devil.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is real?"

To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is real?



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Yet does illustrating in a new way signify a new way of seeing?"

Yet does illustrating in a new way signify a new way of seeing?



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves."

Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it."

Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Are you an angel that approaching you should be so terrifying?"

Are you an angel that approaching you should be so terrifying?



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents"

Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy."

We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "All great masters, in their work, seek that profound void within color and outside time."

All great masters, in their work, seek that profound void within color and outside time.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience."

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



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs."

Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek."

What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Let everyone know, I lived a very happy life."

Let everyone know, I lived a very happy life.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Painting taught literature to describe."

Painting taught literature to describe.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist."

I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse."

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



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?""

It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?"



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life."

The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is the silence of snow."

Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is the silence of snow.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "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 want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don't write."

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 want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don't write.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "More than anything I am a novelist. But for me, an author's job is not only to create linguistically accomplished works. As an author I also want to stimulate discussion."

More than anything I am a novelist. But for me, an author's job is not only to create linguistically accomplished works. As an author I also want to stimulate discussion.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Now everyone is prouder and poorer"

Now everyone is prouder and poorer



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation."

Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "No one drives me into exile, not even the nationalists."

No one drives me into exile, not even the nationalists.



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

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



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages. But I don't want to politicize things by dramatizing them."

I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages. But I don't want to politicize things by dramatizing them.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well."

I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with."

Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with.



Orhan Pamuk Quotes: "When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released."

When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released.