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

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.

Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.

If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.

You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.

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

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