I'm still learning my craft.

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

We are going to see a burst of creativity that will make the Renaissance pale in comparison.

If you want to do what you want to do, you cannot work. So art is going to be finished, and this is the will of the Islamic republic: to not have any artists or art and close the doors of all the cinemas and music and everything.

Even at my biggest, I want to be writing for other artists. Even at my peak - the highest I can be as an artist - I always want to be keeping my creative juices flowing, keeping money in the bank, putting my intellectual property out there.

Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development, and no company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel.