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Human Beings Have A Lot Of Problems Identifying Themselves With Other Human Beings Who Don't Resemble Them Exactly. But There's Something About Drawing That Means That Anyone Can Identify To A Drawing. I Mean, People Can Identify Themselves With Donald Duck And Mickey Mouse.

If I Have One Message To Give To The Secular American People, It's That The World Is Not Divided Into Countries. The World Is Not Divided Between East And West. You Are American, I Am Iranian, We Don't Know Each Other, But We Talk Together And We Understand Each Other Perfectly. The Difference Between You And Your Government Is Much Bigger Than The Difference Between You And Me. And The Difference Between Me And My Government Is Much Bigger Than The Difference Between Me And You. And Our Governments Are Very Much The Same.

I Never Wanted To Make A Graphic Novel. As Soon As You Become A 'writer,' You Have To Be Intelligent All The Time... I Like The Fact That I Have The Right Once In A While To Say Silly Things.

I Really Didn't Know What To Think About The Veil. Deep Down I Was Very Religious But As A Family We Were Very Modern And Avant-garde. I Was Born With Religion. At The Age Of Six I Was Already Sure I Was The Last Prophet. This Was Few Years Before The Revolution.

My Mother Always Told Me I Had To Do 100 Times Better Than A Man. I Had To Work Hard At Maths, And Learn Four Languages.