I Do Believe In [robert] Bresson's Method

I Think I'm No Different To My Friends Who Are Doctors Or Businessmen Or Architects - We All Started Watching Films Of The Golden Age Together. But Whether I'm Making Films Or Writing Poetry Or Doing Photography, It's Very Much Rooted In My Sense Of Unease. And That's Really Where Everything Goes Back To.

A Work Of Art Doesn't Exist Outside The Perception Of The Audience.

This Concept That You Refer To In Buddhism Is Something I've Been Nurtured With Through The History Of My Country For 700, 800 Years - Persian Poets And Philosophers Haven't Said Anything Different With Regard To Experiencing Life In The Moment, As Opposed To The Belief Of Permanence.

My Last Experience Of Film-making Was Tickets, A Three-episode Film In Italy, The Third Of Which Is Directed By Myself. It's Not For Me To Judge Whether It's A Good Film Or A Bad Film, But What I Could Say Is That Nobody Had A Cultural Or Linguistic Issue With What Was Produced.

I Think Violence Can Never Be Justified. At The Same Time, Nobody’s Culture Or Beliefs Should Be Insulted, That’s Not Something I Can Accept Either. But I Cannot Justify Or Accept Any Violence At All.