Gulzar

My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab.

— Gulzar

Let me say that discovering Tagore was the turning point of my life.

— Gulzar

Getting your work published is a major struggle.

— Gulzar

Being in the Sahitya Akademi, I did know quite a few poets - Jayanta Mahapatra, Sitakant Mahapatra, Sunil Gangopadhyay, to name a…

— Gulzar

Short stories and poems are an intense burst of emotions.

— Gulzar

My country is India but my motherland remains Pakistan.

— Gulzar

When writers say that they need to 'set the mood' or 'get into the zone', those are all ways to procrastinate. Not…

— Gulzar

In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood.

— Gulzar

A writer will not keep quiet. He will express his opinion through writings.

— Gulzar

The success of Indian music at the Oscars is a great achievement.

— Gulzar

Being master of Urdu doesn't interest me, being part of the global society does, breathing hope into that society matters to me.

— Gulzar

I write in Urdu and everything is written by my hand.

— Gulzar

When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader…

— Gulzar

The voice of universe can be silenced but the voice of writers cannot be.

— Gulzar

NASA is my favorite website. The universe with its abstract nature attracts me. The abstract element in my poetry comes from there.

— Gulzar

It's always humbling and thrilling to be appreciated.

— Gulzar

Nostalgia is not a place to live.

— Gulzar

“Dreams heed no borders, the eyes need no visas With eyes shut I walk across the line in time All the time—”

— Gulzar

Cinema has a large scope as it is a mirror of society and with the mindset changing, people are taking it more…

— Gulzar

I've been wearing white since my college days. I like color, but if I wear colored clothes now, it would feel like…

— Gulzar

It's not easy to make films that one wants to because it is not easy to find a producer that fast for…

— Gulzar

Poetry is not about personal pain or tragedy. It should resonate the society's grief.

— Gulzar

I think translations should convey the feelings expressed in the original work. This is what I have believed in and practised.

— Gulzar

I want young children to savor and enjoy Tagore like I did since I was a child. He was too great a…

— Gulzar

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

— Gulzar