For Me, Drawing Is A Question Of

You Hear People Saying, 'oh I'm So Tired, I've Had Enough Of Cannes.' How Can You Have Enough Of Cannes? It's Just The Best Place To Be, Like A Fairytale.

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.

I Wrote The Plot [for The Persepolis ]and Vincent [paronnaud] And I Wrote And Discussed The Shooting Of The Script. Vincent Then Took Care Of The Production Design, The Actual Shooting, And What Was Going On Within Each Scene. It's Very Difficult, Though, To Draw A Line Between Who Did What. Because Vincent Would Say Something, And I Would Add Something, And At The End You Have This Film, Yet No Clear Idea Of Who Did What.

I Realized Then That I Didn't Understand Anything. I Read All The Books I Could.

For Me George Bush Is Just As Scary, If Not More. Because He Doesn't Look Like A Scary Guy, Because He's Shaved And He Has A Tie On. But He's A Real Fanatic - A Fanatic By Definition Is The One Who Says, If You Are Not With Me, You Are Against Me, And That's Exactly The Position He Takes. The Mullahs In My Country, It's Obvious. But A Guy Who Says I Am The President Of The Biggest Secular Democracy In The World And Asks People To Read The Bible And Make Crusades And Says He's God's Best Friend - This Guy Is Even More Scary Because You Don't See It At The Beginning.