Cinema Is A World Of Imagination.

But Violence Is News, To A Certain Extent, And People Don't Want Complicated News. Because As Soon As You Realize Things Are Complicated, Your Life Becomes More Complicated.

People, They Think That Animation Is A Style. Animation Is Just A Technique. It's Like, People, They Think That Comics Is A Style, Like Comics Is A Superhero Story. Comic Is Just A Narration, And Is A Medium, You Can Say Any Kind Of Story In Comics And You Can Say Of Any Kind Of Story In Animation.

I Don't Like The Word 'autobiography.' I Rather Like The Term 'autofiction.' The Second You Make A Script Out Of The Story Of Your Life, It Becomes Fictional. Of Course, The Truth Is Never Far. But The Story Is Created Out Of It.

I'm Someone Who Lived In A War For Five Years. I Received Bombs On My Head Every Day Of My Childhood. Did That Stop Me From Living? Did That Stop Me From Laughing?

I Was A Westerner In Iran, An Iranian In The West. I Had No Identity. I Didn't Even Know Anymore Why I Was Living.