“When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu ...” — Gulzar Quote

“When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader knows Urdu well.”

“I have translated Bengali poets such as Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Sunil Gangopadhyay before. These were published by Hindi and Urdu magazines. But to take on Tagore's work is no easy task.”

“A film carries six fine arts - it consists of architecture, painting, music, writing or literature, photography and performance. It's a conjecture of all these things and yet based on literature.”

“Translating one region's works for another region has a beauty with an inborn connect. We might speak different languages but our culture and history is one.”

“It's a common notion that if you like Tagore, then he must have had an influence on your life. While I like Tagore's poetry and his thoughts, he doesn't influence my work.”

“All day long I keep wishing, let partition be a past now. It should only remain a part of history.”

“The higher the risk, the higher the reward.”

“We're in a pressure-filled sport for sure, but anything in an Olympic season is heightened, the highs are higher and the lows are lower, and everything just takes on grander proportions.”

“Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.”

“I definitely believe in a higher power.”

“For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.”

“As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.”