“Dreams heed no borders, the eyes need no visas With eyes shut I walk across the line in time All the time—” — Gulzar Copy Share Image
My songs are not angry or bitter, because I am not bitter. I'm hopeful, and as an artist I have to be,… — 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
There is an old guest house opposite my house, and grandsons visit from time to time from the U.S., every time grown… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
If two-three films of mine release at the same time and if all of them feel like they are from the same… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
My father used to run a shop in Sadar Bazar in old Delhi, and most of my time would go spending days… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I try and move with the times. If I stop and begin thinking about the past there will be a problem. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
All day long I keep wishing, let partition be a past now. It should only remain a part of history. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
“That which passes, isn't time. You and I are transitory, time is eternal. Or rather, it passes and is yet eternal.” — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I am a greedy poet. I keep munching life all the time. Sweet, sour and bitter moments. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Time will change and with it music will too. Our speed has changed, clothes have changed, food habits have changed, so why… — 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
