If I Make Two Films In A

When I Came Out, And For Many Years Afterwards, It Had Become A Habit For Me To Sit And Read And Read And Read, Like An Obsession. I Would Take 20 Books, And Not Come Out Until I'd Finished Them. It Took Me A While To Change That Habit.

But Also, There Are No Films Being Made About Afghanistan.

Usually People Like To Categorise Artists. With My Films, I Categorise People: If I Know Which One Of My Movies You Like, I Can Tell Which Kind Of A Person You Are.

Rumi, Who Is One Of The Greatest Persian Poets, Said That The Truth Was A Mirror In The Hands Of God. It Fell, And Broke Into Pieces. Everybody Took A Piece Of It, And They Looked At It And Thought They Had The Truth.

I Myself Had To Grow A Longer Beard And Afghan Clothes. I Was In Danger Of Being Kidnapped By Smugglers, Though I Didn't Know It At The Time.