I prefer to stay in my country. But this doesn't mean if someone does want to leave Iran, I think they've done something wrong - the desire to leave is completely understandable.

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.

Laziness has made our cities unclean. If we begin to work and act appropriately, we will clean our cities of any dirt.

Ask Jesus to live in you & fill you with His Holy Spirit, & thank Him that you’re now God’s child

One final reason for choosing God’s path is of supreme importance: It leads us home.

Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman.

One small ball in the air. I wouldn't believe that at this moment you have to fear the intelligence aspects of this.

...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have to be yourself, for there is no love greater than self love

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.

Your mind has a way of putting limitations on your goals. When you persevere, you develop character. Nobody knows their ceiling.

If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's.