Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.

My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these two favorite children was me. And I am an only child. So I was convinced that I was the center of the universe.

I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the time... I like the fact that I have the right once in a while to say silly things.

I'm someone who lived in a war for five years. I received bombs on my head every day of my childhood. Did that stop me from living? Did that stop me from laughing?

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

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

That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.