Top 50 Quotes by Orhan Pamuk

About Orhan Pamuk

These are some quotes by No-nationality author Orhan Pamuk Novelist, who was born on June 7, 1952.

I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.

I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.

Orhan Pamuk

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

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

Orhan Pamuk

I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.

I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.

Orhan Pamuk

I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

Orhan Pamuk

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

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

Orhan Pamuk

When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.

When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.

Orhan Pamuk

First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and in the end, I ended up with a house full of thousands of objects.

First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and in the end, I ended up with a house full of thousands of objects.

Orhan Pamuk

One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.

Orhan Pamuk

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

Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.

Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.

Orhan Pamuk

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