52 Quotes by Satyajit Ray

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it.

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary.

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.