I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette.

Any medium can only live up to the strengths of the people working in it. If it's been used to tell bad or boring stories, it's not a problem with comics; it's a problem with the writers of those comics.

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.

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

If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I'm happy, I just want to dance.

Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.