Orhan Pamuk Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“'Snow' is my most popular book in the United States. But in Turkey, it was not as popular as 'My Name is Red,' or even 'The Museum of Innocence,' because the secular leaders didn't want this bourgeois Orhan trying to understand these head-scarf girls.”

“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.”

“There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.”

“The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.”

“Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.”

“These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.”

“At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.”

“Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.”

“Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.”

“I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.”