I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.

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

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.

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.

I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.

Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: “Don’t be afraid! Don’t be afraid! We are together!” They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.