Always Keep Your Dignity And

Drawing - It's The First Language Of Human Beings, Before Writing, Before Even Talking, Before Words, Human Beings Was Drawing.

With Live-action I Think We'd Have Lost The Universal Appeal Of The Persepolis Story. With Live-action, It Would Have Turned Into A Story Of 'the Other' - People Living In A Distant Land Who Don't Look Like Us. It Might Have Been Exotic, But Also A "third-world" Story.

I Really Didn't Know What To Think About The Veil. Deep Down I Was Very Religious But As A Family We Were Very Modern And Avant-garde. I Was Born With Religion. At The Age Of Six I Was Already Sure I Was The Last Prophet. This Was Few Years Before The Revolution.

I Had Two Major Activities As A Child. I Was Trying To Put On Shows With Kids In My Street, Or I Was Drawing. Actually, What I'm Doing Now Is Exactly What I Was Doing Then. Either I'm Drawing, Or I'm Gathering People For A Common Project. The Only Difference Is That Now They Are Paying Me For That.

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?