I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“Certainly, they'd had to endure the war, but they had each other close by. They had never known the confusion of being… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I'd heard so many stupidities about my country since I left Iran. People had watched this stupid movie Not Without My Daughter… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
In a place like Israel, they're very concerned with Iran, so there's a lot of interest. So they want to see what… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“Bagaimanapun, selama ada minyak di Timur Tengah kita takkan pernah damai.” — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
