Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?

One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I have a very wonderful family, a lovely wife and two lovely daughters.

It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.

I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve.

When I decide to write a story, I don't think too much about what I want it to be, I just let things come naturally and this is how it turns out. It's just how my subconscious works.

I like storytelling, and for storytelling you need a drama. And for there to be drama, you need twists, and by twists I mean the ability to constantly change the trajectory of the story.

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.

In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is contained in that relationship.

One must never tell a child what it is they should display acting.

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.

Is idleness indeed so black a crime?What are the Busy doing, half their time?

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

My ethical values prevent me from investing in the stock market.

The big, bad unknown is only that until it is known. Then you look back and wonder what all the fuss and worry was about.

Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

I honestly think being single's great. Being in a relationship's great. It's all about the timing.

I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.