I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.

You see a picture and you understand perfectly, immediately, the basic thing that's happening. It's probably more accessible because we are in a culture of images. People are used to seeing stories that way. They understand looking at pictures.

I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted.

A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.

Imagine if I cannot stand someone and every day he is here in my face, then I cannot work. Then, the whole time, I am thinking "I hate him, I hate him." But if I love him or I love her, then I can do anything, then I am comfortable. That's why it's so important to be surrounded by people that you really like.

I'm not a religious person at all.