When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.

Quote by Satyajit Ray

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I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays,...

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays,...

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out...

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out...

Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras...

Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras...

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer...

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer...

Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a...

Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a...

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

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

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

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

You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring...

You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring...

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to...

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to...

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to...

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to...

When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You...

When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You...

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

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

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films...

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films...

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're...

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're...

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.

My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in...

My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in...

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film,...

My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film,...