I Myself Had To Grow

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.

From 7 In The Morning To 11 At Night, I Was Reading. I Don't Think One Can Find Any Other Time In One's Life To Be Left Alone So Much To Read In Peace Like That.

I'm Not Playing Myself. It's A Symbolic Situation, Where I Want To Introduce A Fascist Behind The Table. I Couldn't Have Had Anybody Else Do That; For It To Be Successful, I Had To Do It Myself.

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.

Rumi, Who Is One Of The Greatest Persian Poets, Said That The Truth Was A Mirror In The Hands Of God. It Fell, And Broke Into Pieces. Everybody Took A Piece Of It, And They Looked At It And Thought They Had The Truth.