We've talked and written about the World War so much that it has almost been purged off. The bitterness is gone. The drama came to an end and it is history. — 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
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
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
In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood. — Gulzar Copy Share
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
When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader knows Urdu… — Gulzar Copy Share
NASA is my favorite website. The universe with its abstract nature attracts me. The abstract element in my poetry comes from there. — Gulzar Copy Share
