The Information I Have About Iran Is

Racism Is Not Nearly As Important As Poverty. That's The Same Around The World. What Look Like Ethnic Problems Are Really Economic Issues. If You Look Closely At All These Conflicts Around The World, They Come Down To Poverty And Economics And Resources. The More Poverty, The Worse The War.

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.

Revolutions Just Spread Blood. Evolution - This Is Something That Changes In The Long Term.

In All The Dictatorships, There's Such A Non-understanding Of What Human Beings Are. I Mean, If You Believe In The Bible, You Have The Story Of Adam And Eve And God Tells Them, "do Whatever You Want. The Only Thing You Shouldn't Do Is Eat The Apple." What Do They Do The First Thing? They Eat The Apple. So 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.

It's Always Extremely Interesting To Speak At Colleges. My Books Are Taught In Many Colleges In America And Are Part Of The Educational System, So It's Really Important To Me. I Don't Believe In So Many Things In Life, But Something I Believe In Is Education.