Mankind's greatest error, the biggest deception of the past thousand years is this: to confuse poverty with stupidity.
Orhan PamukWhat was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand.
Orhan PamukI really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
Orhan PamukI don't read newspapers in the morning. I take a look at the dailies in the afternoon, but only when I've finished my work for the day. Reading about what is happening in Turkey once again would only be demoralizing for me.
Orhan Pamuk