Abbas Kiarostami quote: "Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end

From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrat...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, ...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audie...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don&#...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shot...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I am a citizen of the world.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intend...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any techn...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But wha...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from whi...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you canno...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's ...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and lan...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question mar...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored i...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that&#...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

A Taste of Cherry.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

This is a real problem because people are interested to watch more movies but there is no opportunit...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Before the revolution we had 300 for six million people in Tehran, but now we have less than 200 for...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can ...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept wh...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very ...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I never really learned photography.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mea...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

A good movie is made by an initial burst of energy, the way that, when you are in school, your class...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride....
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it wil...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that mome...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural s...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventuall...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I think violence can never be justified.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able t...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall clo...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil an...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Pales...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the neg...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis a...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitment...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty an...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the n...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colon...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than b...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that au...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homel...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
ABU ABBAS

When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.
ABU ABBAS

It is true that a large percentage of the Western world hopes that I am imprisoned or dead. But all ...
ABU ABBAS

We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lan...
ABU ABBAS

I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.
ABU ABBAS

It's impossible to go to this election with two lists.
ABBAS ZAKI

Jerusalem for us is a major issue. We can't accept excluding it from our national elections.
ABBAS ZAKI

It will be a dangerous political precedent to hold elections without Jerusalem, and chaos will not a...
ABBAS ZAKI

The board will recognize the election of those elected fairly. We will not recognize the results in ...
ABBAS ZAKI

We have written to the match referee asking him to find out if Chappell has made the comments attrib...
ABBAS ZAIDI

Rana has consulted specialists and had an MRI scan and he has no tear or wear in his shoulder. He is...
ABBAS ZAIDI

They wanted to make an inspection visit and we saw no problem with that but we are keen to have the ...
ABBAS ZAIDI

A one-year ban on any bowler is a big setback and he would be disappointed. But he has been a vital ...
ABBAS ZAIDI

The availability of free tickets for some of the enclosures brought in the crowds for the tests agai...
ABBAS ZAIDI

We will meet to see what can be done about the appeal.
ABBAS ZAIDI

After the England tour we believe that visiting teams should no longer have apprehensions about play...
ABBAS ZAIDI

It is state-level security. Their visit is basically to coordinate with our security officials. The ...
ABBAS ZAIDI

They are welcome to send their delegation but we have prepared a security plan for the Indian team w...
ABBAS ZAIDI

We have proposed Karachi as a Test and a one-day venue.
ABBAS ZAIDI

We are not going to discuss a candidate inside the Alliance because this will create a crisis inside...
ABBAS BAYATI

The heads of political blocs will meet on Saturday to discuss the presidency, prime minister and spe...
ABBAS BAYATI

The Alliance does not want to go to internal voting and take the consequences of such act.
ABBAS BAYATI

Political tension by itself cannot lead to civil war. Sectarianism is the one possible cause. ... Bu...
ABBAS BAYATI

Political tension by itself cannot lead to civil war. Sectarianism is the one possible cause. But th...
ABBAS BAYATI

Political tension by itself cannot lead to civil war. Sectarianism is the one possible causeÃƒÂ¢...
ABBAS BAYATI

We all were shocked. We saw it burning. We called the fire department. We didn't know how to behave....
ABU ABBAS

The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber bull...
ABU ABBAS

These men that kill 100, 50 and 70 men a day -- have they been put to death. How many have been put ...
ABU ABBAS

We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling oth...
ABU ABBAS

Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, 'Wha...
ABU ABBAS

If all options are closed before the Palestinians to get their rights, then only God knows what the ...
ABU ABBAS

The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemni...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitima...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket,
MAHMOUD ABBAS

I renew the pledge to continue on the path that he started and exert whatever efforts are needed to ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

If the case is sent or even reported to the UN Security Council, based on the law of our parliament,...
ABBAS ARAGHCHI

There are lands in eastern and northern Gaza still under occupation, ... There are differences and a...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

He was put on the first flight that was available as he was desperate to return to be with his famil...
ZAHEER ABBAS

We have young bowlers. You have to produce young bowlers because 2007 is almost there.
ZAHEER ABBAS

I must say that Pakistan, if they improve their fielding, will be a top class side.
ZAHEER ABBAS

We have seen some high quality pace bowling in this game and Mohammad Asif has bowled brilliantly.
ZAHEER ABBAS

I saw the bodies and blood covering the walls and ground. Many people died inside. Many died.
ABBAS TALIB

Four tanks invaded the area. A tank cannon struck a room where a policeman was praying. This is terr...
ABBAS HASSAN

The authorities must ensure the means for farmers to grow their food and maintain their livelihoods....
ABBAS FAIZ

At least twenty people have been killed in these electricity protests since January. There must be a...
ABBAS FAIZ

Political tension by itself cannot lead to civil war. Sectarianism is the one possible cause. But ...
ABBAS BAYATI

We did whatever we could. But as you know after three years of negotiations we left empty-handed.
ABBAS ARAGHCHI

I hope that Europe doesn't choose this line of confrontation.
ABBAS ARAGHCHI

We know by experience if the buyer is a police officer or not. An officer identifies accessories by ...
ABBAS ALI

We bought ourselves ten tons of disinfectant, which cost us 200,000 dollars, which comes out of the ...
ABBAS ALI

This action is foreign to the traditions of the Palestinian people. We will not allow anyone to dama...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

[The roadblocks, imposed by Israel in response to deadly terror attacks,] unfortunately turned the l...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

From today we will not allow armed chaos, the taking of the law into individual hands, or attacks on...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

President Mahmud Abbas on Friday November 11, 2005 laid the foundation stone of the mausoleum of the...
MAHMUD ABBAS

We reject these words and we do not accept what Sharon said yesterday. No one has any right to cance...
MAHMUD ABBAS

But it will not bring you peace.
MAHMUD ABBAS

We are ready to negotiate with the Israelis if they want on the basis of international legitimacy.
MAHMUD ABBAS

We call on the Israeli government to stop these measures which are only intended to isolate the Pale...
MAHMUD ABBAS

The constitution gives me explicit and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I d...
MAHMUD ABBAS

[Abbas laid the cornerstone for a new Arafat memorial, even as he acknowledged that his predecessor ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

But I want it to start operating again quickly. It should not become a playground.
MAHMUD ABBAS

People panicked and started running away. There was smoke everywhere. You could see it from any hote...
MOHAMMED ABBAS

It's a mess. My first impression when I saw the smoke coming from the hotel was that a boiler had ex...
MOHAMMED ABBAS

It's still standing, but the area facing the street is really destroyed.
MOHAMMED ABBAS

Life is a mess in Iraq now. It will be worse than before when they lift the curfew.
MOHAMMED ABBAS

We have closed all the holes and gaps. The situation on the border is now stable. The mess that we h...
MAHMUD ABBAS

I am afraid the Israeli project aims to make Gaza a Palestinian state...
MAHMUD ABBAS

We will no longer tolerate from this day the security anarchy, the armed chaos and the kidnappings,
MAHMUD ABBAS

Much work still needs to be done but nothing can take away from this victory, ... day of joy.
MAHMUD ABBAS

Yet this climate of peace needs the help of the US and the international community: For without sust...
MAHMUD ABBAS

Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us,
MAHMUD ABBAS

There is an idea which we will present to the Israeli side. We hope to reach an acceptable solution ...
MAHMUD ABBAS

The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip will be good for all students. There will be no more obst...
MAHMUD ABBAS

The question is to know whether Israel wants peace or not, and if it is ready to respect its interna...
MAHMUD ABBAS

The Palestinian Authority has faced a serious financial crisis since the start of the month.
MAHMUD ABBAS

We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, ki...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values o...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

From here, from this place, our nation and our masses are walking toward the establishment of an ind...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We agreed in Cairo on a collective truce and the retaliation, therefore, should be collective, too, ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

This assassination will not undermine our efforts to impose law and public order.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

All the officers, soldiers and security personnel are asked not to abide by these decisions and to c...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestini...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Our capital will be Jerusalem, and our state will not contain settlements.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The PA Interior Ministry is playing the role of the
MAHMOUD ABBAS

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The withdrawal of the [Israeli] army and settlers from the Gaza Strip does not signal the end of the...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We are trying to lead our people to a just peace and to security, and we want to pave the way for th...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Do you think I am happy to work like this? I want to earn some living to feed my children,
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We repeat our denunciation and renunciation of terrorism against the Israelis wherever they might be...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Though death is certain but it’s quite easy to adapt than living in this vicious world
MUZAFFAR ABBAS

There is no point at the moment, it would be a useless step that would be destined to start a civil ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We will not hesitate to get into such a negotiation. The way to peace is to sit together at the nego...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket; let them come to cross at this t...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

If we want a successful meeting, we should prepare for it, ... If this is done, then there is no obs...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

That made sense, but maybe in hindsight it doesn't look so clever.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The ground was all flesh and blood.
ABBAS TALIB

Political tension by itself cannot lead to civil war. Sectarianism is the one possible cause…. But...
ABBAS BAYATI

deserve all of God's wrath.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

My inner thoughts always reminds me being the only culprit of my own actions.
MUZAFFAR ABBAS

A simple NO at first place can save you from lot of troubles
MUZAFFAR ABBAS

come out of your duress and count your blessings
MUZAFFAR ABBAS

you can turn anything in your favor with your state of mind
MUZAFFAR ABBAS

its so hurting when people lie to your face and says "hey i am not mean" , infact everybody is mean ...
MUZAFFAR ABBAS

when the occasion presents itself.
MAHMUD ABBAS

guaranteed for everyone to participate.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

While equipment has become much cheaper and user-friendly in the last decade, the human resources to...
HAKIMA ABBAS

to keep law and order.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We are aiming for political pluralism with a broad spectrum of parties - ranging from the left to th...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Now these mistakes have been corrected.
MAHMOUD ABBAS

The chaos that existed is over,
MAHMOUD ABBAS

Voting is the right of every citizen. It's a national obligation because the results of the election...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

First-time users of video cameras tend to want to use the zoom [or] pan or tilt the camera and chang...
HAKIMA ABBAS

It's important to balance the initial training between video advocacy and hands-on camera training, ...
HAKIMA ABBAS

I felt like he's not coming back to me. It's the feeling of a mother, but he was happy.
JAMEELA ABBAS

He was about to enter school. I had just finished his paperwork.
JAMEELA ABBAS

It was the other way around, the forbidden was interested in her.
ASGHAR ABBAS

she looked like something chiseled from a memory of a lost and long forgotten god.
ASGHAR ABBAS

من يكتب الشعر ليس كمن يردده! من يكتب الرواية ليس كمن يقر...
IBRAHEEM ABBAS

Şimdi ahırın sıcaklığında mutluluk duyup geviş getiren hayvanlara gıpta duymadı. Aksine, o...
ABBAS SAYAR

We have one law for everyone and no one is above the law. We are not going to tolerate chaos after t...
MAHMOUD ABBAS

If we win the legislative elections , we will never recognize the state of Israel,
MAHMOUD ABBAS

We say to the Israeli government that we are a peaceful nation but we want our rights.
MAHMUD ABBAS

The Palestinian people should not be punished because they chose democracy.
MAHMUD ABBAS

Any Israeli government must cooperate with us and must not ignore the Palestinian side.
MAHMUD ABBAS

At a time when the Palestinian Authority is trying to maintain calm, this murder intentionally aims ...
MAHMUD ABBAS

Your not skinny, you just have personality shortage. I'm fat cause I'm full of humor - Dzanar Abbas-...
DZANAR ABBAS-ZADE

The other day I was thinking - because I get a lot of headaches - I was wondering whether the head s...
KHAYAL ABBAS AKHTAR

Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

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