Adaptation Of Books Is Never A Success.

The Way That You Remember Your Life, It's Never Linear. You Have Flashes Of Different Moments Of Your Life, And The Flashes Aren't Equal; They Have Different Styles.

Death, Torture And Prison Are Part Of Daily Life For The Youth Of Iran. They Are Not Like Us, My Friends And I At Their Age; They Are Not Scared. They Are Not What We Were. They Hold Hands And Scream: “don’t Be Afraid! Don’t Be Afraid! We Are Together!” They Understand That No One Will Give Them Their Rights; They Must Go Get Them.

Life Is Complex. You Don't Have Any Person Who Is Nice From The Beginning Until The End. You Don't Always Have The Notion Of Redemption. The Bad People Don't Always Pay.

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.

If It's A Good Work Of Adaptation, The Book Should Remain A Book And The Film Should Remain A Film, And You Should Not Necessarily Read The Book To See The Film. If You Do Need That, Then That Means That It's A Failure. That Is What I Think.