Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

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.

For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form.

'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.

I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to buy a really nice house in heaven - or what? I don't get it.