In Every Religion, You Find The Same

For Me, Who Loves To Draw And Who Loves To Write And Cannot Choose Between One Or The Other, The Comic Is The Best Form.

My Culture Comes From Everywhere. I'm Sick Of This Notion Of Nationality, That If You're Brought Up In The Same City Or Same Country You're The Same. Even Three Kids Brought Up In The Same Family With The Same Genes, They Are Not The Same. Just Consider A Human A Human.

It's Cinematographic To Smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall Without A Cigarette.

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.

If You Know A Little Bit The Psychology Of Human Beings, You Have To Understand That If You Say Something You Should Not Do, Then Everybody Wants To Do It.