Orhan Pamuk Quotes

Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of someone who is not like me. The third-person singular gives me an authority over a character.

Orhan Pamuk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
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  • Birth: June 7, 1952

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CharacterPeopleMeVoicePolitical

When I was in high school, the drama teacher picked me to play Iago in 'Othello.'

Jeff Perry

TeacherSchoolMeHigh SchoolPlay

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

Shirley Temple

AchievementStartAdviceAwardYou

Working with Roshni gives me lot of confidence. When I started SSN - in 1994, after a windfall gain from HCL-HP then - I was OK to do it alone. My brother, who was supposed to head it, passed away. We had a governing council to run it. That was a leap of faith, and we didn't know where we will get.

Shiv Nadar

ConfidenceFaithAloneBrotherMe

I'm just about to move to a place that you can only get there by rowing a boat across a loch, which I'm thoroughly looking forward to it. It's not got electricity or anything.

Rory McCann

Looking ForwardLookingForwardBoat

I can't put much weight into whether the public likes me because the more important thing is that, as an actor, I can truly say that there's not a single director or actor who I've worked with who'd have a bad thing to say about me.

Miles Teller

MeBadI CanImportantSayActor

You're always growing as a coach, and I am not done growing, and hopefully I'm not done winning.

Doc Rivers

I AmWinningYouGrowingDoneCoach

The Almighty has plans for us to make a place so we can go on and make a difference. It all has to do with my faith; I am deeply religious. It goes back to my roots, to my mom and my dad.

Dikembe Mutombo

FaithI AmMomRootsBackPlace

I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right.

Derek Luke

WorkCharacterMeSpeakGrowPlace

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

Derek Walcott

GodMemoryBodyRememberingBamboo

Very seldom do I use white in my books.

Denise Fleming

WhiteBooksSeldomUseVery

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Arthur Eddington

DoingKnowUnknownSomething

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

Ansel Adams

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