FERIT ORHAN PAMUK

Sketch: Yafiz Siddiqui

Born: June 7, 1952
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature and numerous other literary awards.

"The first thing I learned at school
was that some people are idiots; the second
thing I learned was that some are even
worse.

After all, a woman who doesn't love cats
is never going to make a man happy.

People only tell lies when there is
something they are
terribly frightened of losing.

[N]othing is as surprising as life.
Except for writing. Yes, of course,
except for writing, the only
consolation."