I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve.

It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act. Although children are really into play and play acting, and this is a major part of their existence, they never actually find the playing or acting of adults credible.

Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do, and with the emotional connection I have with the country - with all its difficulties, this is why I stay.

It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past.

I think that theater is the closest medium to music. It's very pure. It's for the elite of the society. It's not for everyone in the society.

One must never tell a child what it is they should display acting.