#he

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#because #bring #costs #cover #directors

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#compare #developed #films #find #habit

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#cutting #dangerous #early #editing #films

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#lives #made #marines #people #problem

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

— Satyajit Ray

#changing #conception #days #less #music

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

— Satyajit Ray

#ever #find #only #people #solutions

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#bear #both #bring #course #cultures

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#last #last time #never #remember #said

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#collective #direct #heart #line #real

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires. ↗

— Eric S. Raymond

#berkeley #corporate #empires #hackers #liked