"When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues."

"It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics."

"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 feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us."

"I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance."

"The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun."

"The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time."

"I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected."