I Was A Westerner In Iran, An

A Cat Can Never Be Well-trained Because They're Too Independent.

War Always Takes You By Surprise.

The Information I Have About Iran Is Second Hand.

I Think That All Stories - If You Make Movies About Zombies And Aliens - It Has Always To Do With Your Personal Story. If Not Directly, It Is About Your Fears, Your Obsessions, Things Like That.

I'd Heard So Many Stupidities About My Country Since I Left Iran. People Had Watched This Stupid Movie Not Without My Daughter [in Which Sally Field Plays An American Who Rescues Her Daughter From Her Estranged In-laws In Iran]; I Heard So Many Things Like That. I Did Not Make Persepolis For Iranians. It Was My Answer To The Rest Of The World, To Say, "let Me Give You Another Point Of View."