Marjane Satrapi

I always say to people, 'You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them.' Imagine Romeo and Juliet,…

— Marjane Satrapi

If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you…

— Marjane Satrapi

I'm someone who lived in a war for five years. I received bombs on my head every day of my childhood. Did…

— Marjane Satrapi

Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories.…

— Marjane Satrapi

The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea…

— Marjane Satrapi

Not everybody loves their children. If that was a fact, all the children would be happy and they would make happy adults.…

— Marjane Satrapi

Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born…

— Marjane Satrapi

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than…

— Marjane Satrapi

“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in…

— Marjane Satrapi

“Despite the doctor’s orders, I bought myself several cartons of cigarettes (…) I think that I preferred to put myself in serious…

— Marjane Satrapi

I'm a pacifist. I believe there are ways to solve the world's problems. Instead of putting all this money to create arms,…

— Marjane Satrapi

“Listen. I don't like to preach, but here's some advice. You'll meet a lot of jerks in life. If they hurt you,…

— Marjane Satrapi

You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my…

— Marjane Satrapi

If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But…

— Marjane Satrapi

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images…

— Marjane Satrapi

I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to…

— Marjane Satrapi

If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not…

— Marjane Satrapi

I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice…

— Marjane Satrapi

“I'm happy to see you so well-settled here. Now you must make an effort, you must become somebody. I don't care what…

— Marjane Satrapi

You know, I'm a really individualistic person. I'm extremely narcissistic and egocentric, too. So I have one life, and I have to…

— Marjane Satrapi

I like making comics and animation because it takes such a long time. I'm not a runner of the 100 meter. I…

— Marjane Satrapi

The novels have done so well because the drawings are abstract, black-and-white. This adds to the universality of the story. "Persepolis" also…

— Marjane Satrapi

I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished.…

— Marjane Satrapi

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways…

— Marjane Satrapi

You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning…

— Marjane Satrapi

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just…

— Marjane Satrapi

Maybe the biggest problem is that there's no empathy. Nobody puts themselves in the place of others. Everyone thinks they are the…

— Marjane Satrapi

I had this fantasy that in a democracy the government was the population. So I came to America and got a big…

— Marjane Satrapi

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that…

— Marjane Satrapi

I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the…

— Marjane Satrapi

To tell you the truth, I never wanted to become a moviemaker. It was like I was a cinepihile, and I go,…

— Marjane Satrapi

My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these…

— Marjane Satrapi

Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at…

— Marjane Satrapi

You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me,…

— Marjane Satrapi

“In retrospect, I can see that I had always known that it wouldn't between us. But after my pitiful love story in…

— Marjane Satrapi

Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even…

— Marjane Satrapi

Anyway, that's how it is! Either they obey the law, or they're expelled!! And make sure they wear their veils correctly..." -…

— Marjane Satrapi

“The harder I tried to assimilate, the more I had the feeling that I was distancing myself from my culture, betraying my…

— Marjane Satrapi

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving…

— Marjane Satrapi

If you're not [Federico] Fellini you might make something very vulgar. Animation made it possible to maintain unity with all these different…

— Marjane Satrapi