I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.

Life is absolutely unbearable. And we're going to die.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

Image is an international language.

I really didn't know what to think about the veil. Deep down I was very religious but as a family we were very modern and avant-garde. I was born with religion. At the age of six I was already sure I was the last prophet. This was few years before the revolution.

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.