#si

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

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

— Satyajit Ray

#composing #daughters #ever #i #music

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#again #decided #film #had #home

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

— Satyajit Ray

#changing #conception #days #less #music

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

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. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#century #familiar #first-hand #i #i write

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#circumstances #extraordinary #extraordinary circumstances #good #good action

A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience. ↗

— Karel Reisz

#big #conformity #desire #element #regard

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. ↗

— Herbert Read

#becomes #clearly #farther #group #individual

I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#affordable #available #countries #developed countries #energy