I was always excited and interested in people around me; what they do, what their hobbies are, and I was open to having conversations with them, if they wanted.

Thanks to Americans, and of course Iranians, I have zero interest in that, now. If anything, Americans have proved that it is not worthy having a conversation with them. They are going to talk about themselves, or if they are academics, they will try to bring you down; and the topics they discuss are uninteresting, sometimes. My understanding is that people in this country are depressed. that’s why they get annoyed and jealous when someone is a naturally happy one.