The Buddhas Had To Be

In Many Ways, It Is Very Real, Because I Sat There For 9 Days, And It Was Constantly Happening, And That Was The 9 Days Of Making The Film. But You Can't Say That It's 100% True, Because There Are Places Where I've Been Intrusive And Interfered.

I Was In Jail Four And A Half Years. When I Came Out, I Continued The Same Struggle Against Injustice, But Instead Of Using Weapons, I Began To Use Art And Cinema.

The Buddhas Had To Be Destroyed By The Taliban To Get The World Thinking About Afghanistan.

Because There Is So Little Room For Expression Otherwise, A Lot Of People Love Cinema Because They Find It A Way Of Expressing Themselves.

When I Came Out, And For Many Years Afterwards, It Had Become A Habit For Me To Sit And Read And Read And Read, Like An Obsession. I Would Take 20 Books, And Not Come Out Until I'd Finished Them. It Took Me A While To Change That Habit.