Politicians Think They Have Answers For Everything.

The Most Natural Thing For Us Is Drawing. The Characters [in Persepolis] Are Hand Drawn. We're Not Technical People. We Don't Know How To Type.

I Don't Make A Career Plan. I Take Things The Way They Come.

Maybe The Biggest Problem Is That There's No Empathy. Nobody Puts Themselves In The Place Of Others. Everyone Thinks They Are The Only One To Suffer. Or That They're The Only Ones Who Like Ice Cream Or Take Their Kids On Vacation.

I Wasn't Made To Take Orders. My Grandmother Used To Tell Me: 'laws Are For Idiots.' She Was Right.

As A Director, You Have To Understand What Is Happening - If I Don't Understand It, You Can't Make Changes.