I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your personal story. If not directly, it is about your fears, your obsessions, things like that.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance... Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing.

I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do.

This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.