--- title: "3 Anarchist Quotes By Zal Batmanglij" description: "3 Anarchist quotes by Zal Batmanglij. Plus more from Zal Batmanglij and more Anarchist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/zal-batmanglij-4753_anarchist_we-lived-on-anarchist-farms-squatted-in_139448.jpg" --- > [We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. We wanted to see how other young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/we-lived-on-anarchist-farms-squatted-in-the-inner-city-and-hopped/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/zal-batmanglij-4753_anarchist_we-lived-on-anarchist-farms-squatted-in_139448.jpg) > [If you want to make an anarchist film, make it with a corporation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/if-you-want-to-make-an-anarchist-film-make-it-with-a-corporation/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/zal-batmanglij-4753_anarchist_if-you-want-to-make-an-anarchist-film-ma_503546.jpg) > [If you really want to have an anarchist experience, make a movie with a studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/if-you-really-want-to-have-an-anarchist-experience-make-a-movie-with/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/zal-batmanglij-4753_anarchist_if-you-really-want-to-have-an-anarchist_1776655.jpg) ## Other authors on Anarchist - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-murray-bookchin-69610.jpg) Murray Bookchin 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/murray-bookchin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-goldman-33179.jpg) Emma Goldman 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/emma-goldman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-kropotkin-74908.jpg) Peter Kropotkin 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/peter-kropotkin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benjamin-tucker-17200.jpg) Benjamin Tucker 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/benjamin-tucker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-most-50766.jpg) Johann Most 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/johann-most/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-zinn-42481.jpg) Howard Zinn 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/howard-zinn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-g-k-chesterton-224.jpg) G.K. Chesterton 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/g-k-chesterton/) - [Errico Malatesta 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/errico-malatesta/) - [Ammon Hennacy 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/ammon-hennacy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-april-gornik-14426.jpg) Rudolf Rocker 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/rudolf-rocker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-george-bernard-shaw-68.jpg) George Bernard Shaw 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/george-bernard-shaw/) ## More by Zal Batmanglij > [I love James Cameron. I love what he does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-love-james-cameron-i-love-what-he-does/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still remember the movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-guess-it-the-one-consistent-thing-in-my-life-was-that-sense-of/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/actors-love-to-do-extreme-things-so-that-is-why-they-become-actors/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > ['Sound of My Voice' had been written before 'Another Earth.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/sound-of-my-voice-had-been-written-before-another-earth/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. We wanted to see how other young people were creating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/we-lived-on-anarchist-farms-squatted-in-the-inner-city-and-hopped/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [A film set is all about hierarchy, but I always like to think about the circus. In the circus, there's this real sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/a-film-set-is-all-about-hierarchy-but-i-always-like-to-think-about/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [I think if aliens came to Earth, we would laugh. If there was an alien technology, we would laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-think-if-aliens-came-to-earth-we-would-laugh-if-there-was-an-alien/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > ['The Terminator' is grounded in so much realism. It's again a story that centers around a woman that isn't a 'woman's picture' necessarily. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/the-terminator-is-grounded-in-so-much-realism-it-s-again-a-story-that/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [No one dives a dumpster like a rich kid dives a dumpster, because there's no shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/no-one-dives-a-dumpster-like-a-rich-kid-dives-a-dumpster-because/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [A director really doesn't deal with performance that much, especially if you deal with great actors. Their work is the performance. What you're helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/a-director-really-doesn-t-deal-with-performance-that-much-especially/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-stay-away-from-the-writing-part-because-i-think-that-if-it-sticks/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/on-sound-of-my-voice-i-was-the-first-and-last-word-which-is-kind-of-a/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/i-think-disparaging-something-you-don-t-understand-while-a-very/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [Whatever you think of Edward Snowden, it took bravery to do what he did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/whatever-you-think-of-edward-snowden-it-took-bravery-to-do-what-he-did/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) > [You can't just express yourself and it becomes a movie. You have to get beyond that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zal-batmanglij/you-can-t-just-express-yourself-and-it-becomes-a-movie-you-have-to/) [Zal Batmanglij](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zal-batmanglij/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/zal-batmanglij/#itemlist", "name": "3 Anarchist Quotes By Zal Batmanglij", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. 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