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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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...

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...

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.

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 was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

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...

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...

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'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,...

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be...

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

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,...

There's always some room for improvisation.

There's always some room for improvisation.

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.