“Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And ...” — Orhan Pamuk Quote

“Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for.”

“Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.”

“I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.”

“I believe that patterns tend to repeat themselves and there are connections between the past and the present. There is the old proverb that reads, 'You can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been'. For me, history is like that. When you take history and combine it with myth, then you get mystery.”

“I think I draw my inspiration from a lot of conversations that I had with people or my friends and combine them together with my own personal experience.”

“Basically, great directors know how to combine music with the scenes that they are working on.”