“I think that 'Sound of My Voice' is about the claustrophobia of living...” — Zal Batmanglij Quote

“I think that 'Sound of My Voice' is about the claustrophobia of living today, and how do you crawl out of the claustrophobia towards the light?”

“I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like to pretend they are very different, but they are not. They are really about believing in something bigger than yourself, something that's unseen, and about having some faith.”

“I don't understand how our story can be so bonkers, but 'Captain Marvel' isn't. A lot of the ideas in 'The OA' that seem outlandish are just normalizing as the years go by.”

“We have a well and a garden. I crawl around in the mud and grow great vegetables.”

“Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.”

“When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.”