I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.