I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

If only I knew now what I know in the future.

Every relationship that we have with people today is either lifting us up or dragging us down

It takes a loyal gardener to tend roses.

I think that music has an endless life.

I'm actually very sensitive to energies, and when people are not aligned, I can feel that.

How happy is the sailor's life, from coast to coast to roam; in every port he finds a wife, in every land a home.

Get your dirty stinking moron knees off my chest.

People want the truth, even if they disagree.

Everybody has an inside scoop, so just be a nice guy. Be a nice person.

Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.