Orhan Pamuk Says Nobel Prize Changed His Life But His Passion For Writing Still The Same

ROME - Nobel laureate Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk said that Nobel Prize changed his life but the only thing that it could not change was his working style and his passion for writing.
"Life After Nobel", an interview with Pamuk, was the cover story of Italian newspaper La Repubblica`s weekly supplement Il Venerdi this week.
"Of course, Nobel Prize changed my life. The only thing that it could not change is my working style," Pamuk said. "And there is no change in my passion and motivation for writing."
Pamuk said he had never thought about stepping aside after receiving the Nobel Prize.
"I feel like a normal writer. I want to be like I used to be -- sitting at my table by myself and lots of papers and tea and coffee on it," he said.
"Masumiyet Muzesi" (the Museum of Innocence), Pamuk`s latest novel released last week, was also featured in the five-page interview with the Turkish author.
Pamuk said he searched for answers to questions of "what really love is, what happens when you fall in love and what does a man feel when rejected by the girl he fell for" in his novel, which he described as a "flamboyant work".
"Masumiyet Muzesi" is not only a novel, but also the name of the unopened museum Pamuk has been trying to set up in his hometown Istanbul. This museum is also a part of the novel. Pamuk visited lots of museums around the world to see how personal belongings were displayed at these museums. The museum will exhibits several objects which are delineated in the novel.
"Museums and collecting, the expression of passion for passing art works to next generations, is a kind of love too," he said.
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