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

There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you are living under a dictatorship.

I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

War always takes you by surprise.

Anyway, that's how it is! Either they obey the law, or they're expelled!! And make sure they wear their veils correctly..." - "If hair is as stimulating as you say, then you need to shave your moustache!" My father actually said that.

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.