105 Quotes by Gulzar

I have translated Bengali poets such as Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Sunil Gangopadhyay before. These were published by Hindi and Urdu magazines. But to take on Tagore's work is no easy task.

Nostalgia is not a place to live.

Another reason I did not make films is that I liked being unemployed, since that is when I read, study and write.

Even 150 years of the first war of Independence was marked with a series of programs, but somehow the Jallianwala Bagh incident hasn't been given the attention it deserves.

My daughter is married here in Patiala and I have shared a bond with Punjabi as a language.

If one is aware and alive, then it is one's relationships that make you live. It makes life worth living.

Since my schooldays, I've read the translations of Bengali writers. I'm Punjabi, but I read a lot of Bengali and Urdu literature.

It is good to be well connected with English language, literature and history, but the knowledge of our culture and roots is equally important.

I consider Rahman as a great composer. I had a lump in my throat when I heard his name being announced. I thanked God that he got an Oscar for Original Score, that was more than enough for me. I wonder what might have happened to me if I had gone there. I might have cried.