Overachievers look forward to the finish line, underachievers look back to see who they are beating.

Knowledge is not determined by what you know, but by whether you believe you can always learn.

Beware of simple solutions, they often lead to complex problems.

His words are so slippery they might slide right off the page.

If I don’t believe in your god, it means he was incapable to manipulate me.

The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.

To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

The two top teams with nice weather and nice people were Dallas and Miami. Of course, the Lakers wouldn't want to trade me in the same conference, so Miami was perfect.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.