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Orhan Pamuk Quotes

Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility Picture Quote #1

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 in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things Picture Quote #1

The truly great books are always novels: ‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘The Brothers Karamazov,’ ‘The Magic Mountain.’ Just as with ‘Shahnameh,’ I browse these books from time to time to remember how a great book works on us or to teach my students at Columbia University Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I’m not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual Picture Quote #1

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 always feel that there is a child in me, healthy, and I’m playing Picture Quote #1

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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, and read what I’ve achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I’ve done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise Picture Quote #1

East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy - they are coming together. There needn’t be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe Picture Quote #1

The fictive structure, my work, my imagination, my books are about the details, the huge construction about culture, Islamic culture or modern Turkey. They’re all intertwined Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it’s about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people’s rights and dignity Picture Quote #1

I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing Picture Quote #1

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If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me Picture Quote #1

To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change Picture Quote #1

True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a moral, philosophical and emotional level Picture Quote #1

When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end Picture Quote #1

I consider myself Istanbul’s storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of my city’s clandestine corners, its shady, mysterious places, the things I love Picture Quote #1

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and my fountain pen are ready for use. I try to write two pages every day Picture Quote #1

I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear Picture Quote #1

My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions Picture Quote #1

In the mornings I used to say goodbye to my wife like someone going to work. I’d leave the house, walk around a few blocks, and come back like a person arriving at the office Picture Quote #1

I believe strongly in an author’s moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books Picture Quote #1

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I identify with my culture, but I am happy to be living on a tolerant, intellectual island where I can deal with Dostoyevsky and Sartre, both great influences for me Picture Quote #1

I wrote ‘My Name is Red’ just to remember painting, where the hand does it before the intellect. When I’m captive to it, I’m a happier person. Kierkegaard tells us that a happy person is someone who lives in the present; the unhappy person, someone who lives either in the past or the future Picture Quote #1

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It’s outrageous, having to live like this Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That’s when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration Picture Quote #1

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city Picture Quote #1

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Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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 in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) The truly great books are always novels: ‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘The Brothers Karamazov,’ ‘The Magic Mountain.’ Just as with ‘Shahnameh,’ I browse these books from time to time to remember how a great book works on us or to teach my students at Columbia University. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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 Quotes) I don’t much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I’m not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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 always feel that there is a child in me, healthy, and I’m playing. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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, and read what I’ve achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I’ve done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy - they are coming together. There needn’t be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) The fictive structure, my work, my imagination, my books are about the details, the huge construction about culture, Islamic culture or modern Turkey. They’re all intertwined. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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 Quotes) For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it’s about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people’s rights and dignity. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a moral, philosophical and emotional level. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I consider myself Istanbul’s storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of my city’s clandestine corners, its shady, mysterious places, the things I love. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author. (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. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and my fountain pen are ready for use. I try to write two pages every day. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) In the mornings I used to say goodbye to my wife like someone going to work. I’d leave the house, walk around a few blocks, and come back like a person arriving at the office. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I believe strongly in an author’s moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I identify with my culture, but I am happy to be living on a tolerant, intellectual island where I can deal with Dostoyevsky and Sartre, both great influences for me. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I wrote ‘My Name is Red’ just to remember painting, where the hand does it before the intellect. When I’m captive to it, I’m a happier person. Kierkegaard tells us that a happy person is someone who lives in the present; the unhappy person, someone who lives either in the past or the future. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It’s outrageous, having to live like this. (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. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That’s when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration. (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city (Orhan Pamuk Quotes)

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