--- title: "1 Fiction Based Quotes By Mano Khalil" description: "1 Fiction Based quotes by Mano Khalil. Plus more from Mano Khalil and more Fiction Based sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/mano-khalil-34508_believe_with-fiction-you-are-creating-an-imagina_1515458.jpg" --- > [With fiction, you are creating an imaginary world. And it can be a very mechanical process. In a fictional film, you create the characters who become "real people" when facing the camera. When you stop shooting, they change their costumes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/with-fiction-you-are-creating-an-imaginary-world-and-it-can-be-a-very/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/mano-khalil-34508_believe_with-fiction-you-are-creating-an-imagina_1515458.jpg) ## More by Mano Khalil > [After school, I went to Damascus to study law and history, which I didn't really like. I didn't like history, in particular. In Syria,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/after-school-i-went-to-damascus-to-study-law-and-history-which-i-didn/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [When I see that people are touched, and they feel solidarity with him, I say to myself, "I made a little change."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/when-i-see-that-people-are-touched-and-they-feel-solidarity-with-him/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [If my friends are going to the mountains with guns to fight, I will continue that fight, not with guns but with a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/if-my-friends-are-going-to-the-mountains-with-guns-to-fight-i-will/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/documentary-has-been-a-way-for-me-to-establish-myself-as-a-filmmaker/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [The problem of ISIS is not recent. Ever since the Second World War, people in this region have been, and are today, living under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/the-problem-of-isis-is-not-recent-ever-since-the-second-world-war/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between fiction and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/most-people-look-at-a-feature-film-and-say-it-s-just-a-movie-for-me/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [Sitting in the darkness of the cinema, I got to see another world. This imaginary world was a refuge for many of us. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/sitting-in-the-darkness-of-the-cinema-i-got-to-see-another-world-this/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [With fiction, you are creating an imaginary world. And it can be a very mechanical process. In a fictional film, you create the characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/with-fiction-you-are-creating-an-imaginary-world-and-it-can-be-a-very/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [Now the world believes in Kurds, as they have become partners in that region. The West doesn't believe in the Iraqi government - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/now-the-world-believes-in-kurds-as-they-have-become-partners-in-that/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [Even if you make a movie about a criminal locked up in prison, you may not support him as a criminal, but you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/even-if-you-make-a-movie-about-a-criminal-locked-up-in-prison-you-may/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [In all my documentaries, I have great respect for the people I work with. Really, I love them. And it's very important for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/in-all-my-documentaries-i-have-great-respect-for-the-people-i-work/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [It's difficult to make movies. For me it was easier, as a refugee in Switzerland, to make documentary films, because I didn't need a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/it-s-difficult-to-make-movies-for-me-it-was-easier-as-a-refugee-in/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [I dream about going back, but I know that it isn't easy. Thirty years of being in Europe has changed my life. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/i-dream-about-going-back-but-i-know-that-it-isn-t-easy-thirty-years/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) > [I am not saying that the Kurds are angels, but they have suffered too much. These people have a right to live in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mano-khalil/i-am-not-saying-that-the-kurds-are-angels-but-they-have-suffered-too/) [Mano Khalil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mano-khalil/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/mano-khalil/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fiction Based Quotes By Mano Khalil", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With fiction, you are creating an imaginary world. And it can be a very mechanical process. In a fictional film, you create the characters who become \"real people\" when facing the camera. When you stop shooting, they change their costumes and become someone else. And people tend to believe in documentary more than fiction. 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