Orhan Pamuk Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

Orhan Pamuk quotes and sayings page 5 (72 year old novelist). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 77 we have for him.

“I don't judge my characters.”

“I have been attacked in Turkey more for my interviews than for my books. Political polemicists and columnists do not read novels there.”

“I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.”

“I write a world where everyone is partly right.”

“Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it.”

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

“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.”

“Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.”

“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.”

“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.”