Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure. Orhan Pamuk Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation. Orhan Pamuk Read Quote
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 Read Quote
