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"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."
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"Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame."
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"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."
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"Laws are never as effective as habits."
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"Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome."
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"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"
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"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."
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"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."
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"Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture."
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"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."
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"When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical."
Creativity

"I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time."
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"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."
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"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."
Perception

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

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

"I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation."
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"The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves."
People

"At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."
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"I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary."
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