America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.

I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything.

You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing otherwise why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.