The style depends on the subject.

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs …

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; fo…

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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 …

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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 bo…

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity.

- Mohsen Makhmalbaf