I Am Very Bad At

I'm Not A Religious Person At All.

The Novels Have Done So Well Because The Drawings Are Abstract, Black-and-white. This Adds To The Universality Of The Story. "persepolis" Also Has Dreamlike Moments, And The Drawings Help Maintain Cohesion And Consistency.

Maybe The Biggest Problem Is That There's No Empathy. Nobody Puts Themselves In The Place Of Others. Everyone Thinks They Are The Only One To Suffer. Or That They're The Only Ones Who Like Ice Cream Or Take Their Kids On Vacation.

My Real Background Was In Art Studies. At The Beginning I Was A Painter, Then I Was This Graphic Designer, Then I Became An Illustrator, Then I Was A Comic Artist. But For Me It's A Different Way Of Expression, A Different Field Of Art. They're Not Separated; Everything For Me Is Related.

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.