Today, We Don't Talk About

America Is A Very Special Place. In This Country, You Have The Best And The Worst At The Same Time. Whatever You Can Imagine.

I Was A Westerner In Iran, An Iranian In The West. I Had No Identity. I Didn't Even Know Anymore Why I Was Living.

The Most Exciting Time Is When I Think Of An Idea And How I Imagine I Can Make It. It Would Be Wonderful If There Was A Projector Inside My Eye That And It Could Just Put The Idea On The Screen For People To See.

To Tell You The Truth, I Never Wanted To Become A Moviemaker. It Was Like I Was A Cinepihile, And I Go, Like, Three Or Four Times Per Week To The Cinema, And I Like To Watch Films.

I Don't Like The Word 'autobiography.' I Rather Like The Term 'autofiction.' The Second You Make A Script Out Of The Story Of Your Life, It Becomes Fictional. Of Course, The Truth Is Never Far. But The Story Is Created Out Of It.