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

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.

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.

It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past.

Entrepreneur, take a bite out of Apple's innovation so in turn you can bear fruits of creativity.

You don't need passwords, you don't want to check phones. Sometimes you only want the other person to just tell you the truth!

Where do we people go if not towards the perfection of our own illusion?

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.

No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place.

A gynecologist is the dentist for the downstairs mouth.

God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.

Why should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?

Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my story.