When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I read books, physical books. I am comfortable with it, I can carry it. It is my habit. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
'Two' is not written in the usual style of a novel. It's a straightforward, linear narrative of my times, as I observed… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
A film carries six fine arts - it consists of architecture, painting, music, writing or literature, photography and performance. It's a conjecture… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I used to put black ink on the author's name in a book and write my name instead to check how it… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Since my schooldays, I've read the translations of Bengali writers. I'm Punjabi, but I read a lot of Bengali and Urdu literature. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
It is good to be well connected with English language, literature and history, but the knowledge of our culture and roots is… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I do play tennis in shorts, I have driven across the length and breadth of the country from Khardung La pass to… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Being in the Sahitya Akademi, I did know quite a few poets - Jayanta Mahapatra, Sitakant Mahapatra, Sunil Gangopadhyay, to name a few. There… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
When writers say that they need to 'set the mood' or 'get into the zone', those are all ways to procrastinate. Not prerequisites. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
A writer will not keep quiet. He will express his opinion through writings. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Being master of Urdu doesn't interest me, being part of the global society does, breathing hope into that society matters to me. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
