Quote by: Orhan Pamuk

Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.


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Author Bio


  • NameOrhan Pamuk
  • DescriptionTurkish novelist, screenwriter, and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient
  • AliasesPamuk
  • BornJune 7, 1952
  • CountryTurkey
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Screenwriter; Essayist
  • WorksThe White Castle; The Black Book; The New Life; My Name Is Red; Snow; Istanbul: Memories And The City; The Museum Of Innocence
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Officer Of The Legion Of Honour; Peace Prize Of The German Book Trade; Prix Du Meilleur Livre Étranger; Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award For Best Original Screenplay; Grinzane Cavour Prize; International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Prix Médicis; Ovid Prize; Norman Mailer Prize