--- title: "15 Ifs Quotes By Marjane Satrapi" description: "15 Ifs quotes by Marjane Satrapi. Plus more from Marjane Satrapi and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/marjane-satrapi-1702_bits_if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology_1927947.jpg" --- > [If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology-of-human-beings-you-have-to/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/marjane-satrapi-1702_bits_if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology_1927947.jpg) > [With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/with-animation-if-something-does-not-fit-you-always-have-the-time-to/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/marjane-satrapi-1702_action_with-animation-if-something-does-not-fit_1789875.jpg) > [Any medium can only live up to the strengths of the people working in it. If it's been used to tell bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/any-medium-can-only-live-up-to-the-strengths-of-the-people-working-in/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/marjane-satrapi-1702_boring_any-medium-can-only-live-up-to-the-stren_2448262.jpg) > [George W.Bush can go and kill thousands of Iraqis every day. By making people believe they are the enemy, and not human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/george-w-bush-can-go-and-kill-thousands-of-iraqis-every-day-by-making/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/marjane-satrapi-1702_addresses_george-w-bush-can-go-and-kill-thousands_1740104.jpg) > [I chose the actors that I was in love with. I cannot work with people that I don't personally like a lot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-chose-the-actors-that-i-was-in-love-with-i-cannot-work-with-people/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/marjane-satrapi-1702_actor_i-chose-the-actors-that-i-was-in-love-wi_428837.jpg) > [Racism is not nearly as important as poverty. That's the same around the world. What look like ethnic problems are really economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/racism-is-not-nearly-as-important-as-poverty-that-s-the-same-around/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/marjane-satrapi-1702_around-the-world_racism-is-not-nearly-as-important-as-pov_1818033.jpg) > [Not everybody loves their children. If that was a fact, all the children would be happy and they would make happy adults.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/not-everybody-loves-their-children-if-that-was-a-fact-all-the/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/marjane-satrapi-1702_adults_not-everybody-loves-their-children-if-th_1197760.jpg) > [Words also are filters. They have to be translated. Even in the original language, there is interpretation and some ambiguity. If there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/words-also-are-filters-they-have-to-be-translated-even-in-the/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/marjane-satrapi-1702_ambiguity_words-also-are-filters-they-have-to-be-t_1411971.jpg) > [Imagine if I cannot stand someone and every day he is here in my face, then I cannot work. Then, the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/imagine-if-i-cannot-stand-someone-and-every-day-he-is-here-in-my-face/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/marjane-satrapi-1702_can-do_imagine-if-i-cannot-stand-someone-and-ev_2052940.jpg) > [In all the dictatorships, there's such a non-understanding of what human beings are. I mean, if you believe in the Bible, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/in-all-the-dictatorships-there-s-such-a-non-understanding-of-what/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/marjane-satrapi-1702_adam_in-all-the-dictatorships-there-s-such-a_2102255.jpg) > [For me George Bush is just as scary, if not more. Because he doesn't look like a scary guy, because he's shaved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/for-me-george-bush-is-just-as-scary-if-not-more-because-he-doesn-t/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/marjane-satrapi-1702_asks_for-me-george-bush-is-just-as-scary-if-n_1273982.jpg) > [Business is very personal. For me, everything is extremely personal. With actors, the fact that I write helps, because when you say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/business-is-very-personal-for-me-everything-is-extremely-personal/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/marjane-satrapi-1702_actors_business-is-very-personal-for-me-everyth_2301100.jpg) > [I wanted to make a real love story with a bad ending, because a love story that ends good is the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-wanted-to-make-a-real-love-story-with-a-bad-ending-because-a-love/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/marjane-satrapi-1702_care_i-wanted-to-make-a-real-love-story-with_1667589.jpg) > [If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it's that the world is not divided into countries. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/if-i-have-one-message-to-give-to-the-secular-american-people-it-s/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/marjane-satrapi-1702_american-people_if-i-have-one-message-to-give-to-the-sec_2085170.jpg) > [ If you're not \[Federico\] Fellini you might make something very vulgar. Animation made it possible to maintain unity with all these different… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/if-you-re-not-federico-fellini-you-might-make-something-very-vulgar/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/marjane-satrapi-1702_animation_if-you-re-not-federico-fellini-you-might_483315.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Marjane Satrapi > [I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-became-the-voice-of-a-generation-in-a-very-surprising-way-because/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/with-live-action-i-think-we-d-have-lost-the-universal-appeal-of-the/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-don-t-like-the-word-autobiography-i-rather-like-the-term/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I don't think that I have ever been rebellious. The thing is that I don't believe in people - what people tell me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-don-t-think-that-i-have-ever-been-rebellious-the-thing-is-that-i/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/drawing-is-the-first-language-of-the-human-being-before-writing-it-s/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-was-a-westerner-in-iran-an-iranian-in-the-west-i-had-no-identity-i/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-m-not-a-politician-i-don-t-know-how-to-solve-the-problems-of-the/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/a-cat-can-never-be-well-trained-because-they-re-too-independent/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/it-s-fear-that-makes-us-lose-our-conscience-it-s-also-what-transforms/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-am-absolutely-not-a-feminist-i-am-against-stupidity-and-if-it-comes/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-was-a-child-who-had-a-life-who-had-hopes-and-i-wished-that-a-bomb/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/there-are-things-that-i-love-in-iranian-cinema-and-things-that-i-don/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-had-learned-that-you-should-always-shout-louder-than-your-aggressor/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) > [In the West, people don't have any real problems. It's all based on bad conscience, a very Christian notion. I don't have any bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/in-the-west-people-don-t-have-any-real-problems-it-s-all-based-on-bad/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 force behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/when-we-re-afraid-we-lose-all-sense-of-analysis-and-reflection-our/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/marjane-satrapi/#itemlist", "name": "15 Ifs Quotes By Marjane Satrapi", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marjane Satrapi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology-of-human-beings-you-have-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/marjane-satrapi-1702_bits_if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology_1927947.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/marjane-satrapi-1702_bits_if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology_1927947.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/marjane-satrapi-1702_bits_if-you-know-a-little-bit-the-psychology_1927947.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something…” — Marjane Satrapi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. 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