I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular. Orhan Pamuk characterenjoyimpersonate Change image and share on social
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 attentionbusycatch share on social
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 characterendfind Change image and share on social
I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries. Orhan Pamuk countrydemocraticeurope Change image and share on social
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 cultureexhibitgovernment Change image and share on social
I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular. Orhan Pamuk artbasecapacity share on social
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 citydelhiform share on social
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 feltfocusistanbul Change image and share on social
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 automaticfatherhumanity Change image and share on social
When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember the text - instead, they remember the sensations the text gives them. Orhan Pamuk longmonthpage Change image and share on social