I'm Not A Religious Person At All.

In Every Religion, You Find The Same Extremists.

You Know, The Cynicism That Is In The Politics, It Is Not For My Soul. It Makes Me - Out Of Me, An Extremely Bitter, Cynical Person That I Hate To See In The Mirror, Really.

I Was A Child Who Had A Life, Who Had Hopes, And I Wished That A Bomb Would Not Fall On My Head.

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.

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.