All big changes of the world come from words.
I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.
This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.
Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.
That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.
Of course, when you remember your life, you never remember anything in a chronological way. You always have pieces of memories, and some of these memories are full of details and very colorful. Some of them you just see the action and it's completely blank.