--- title: "15 Want Quotes By Marjane Satrapi" description: "15 Want quotes by Marjane Satrapi. Plus more from Marjane Satrapi and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/marjane-satrapi-1702_career_i-had-so-many-professions-before-i-didn_1315525.jpg" --- > [I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-had-so-many-professions-before-i-didn-t-want-to-do-this/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/marjane-satrapi-1702_career_i-had-so-many-professions-before-i-didn_1315525.jpg) > [I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-don-t-want-to-quit-smoking-i-am-convinced-that-if-i-quit-smoking/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/marjane-satrapi-1702_convinced_i-don-t-want-to-quit-smoking-i-am-convin_2049974.jpg) > [Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/teacher-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-marji-i-ll-be-a/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/marjane-satrapi-1702_growing-up_teacher-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you_2498933.jpg) > [Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/adaptation-of-books-is-never-a-success-when-the-author-wants-to-make/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/marjane-satrapi-1702_adaptation_adaptation-of-books-is-never-a-success-w_980014.jpg) > [Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/smoking-kills-you-but-life-kills-you-and-if-you-don-t-want-to-die-go/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/marjane-satrapi-1702_born_smoking-kills-you-but-life-kills-you-and_336794.jpg) > [But violence is news, to a certain extent, and people don't want complicated news. Because as soon as you realize things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/but-violence-is-news-to-a-certain-extent-and-people-don-t-want/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/marjane-satrapi-1702_certain_but-violence-is-news-to-a-certain-extent_1078764.jpg) > [When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It's not because you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/when-you-make-a-book-or-you-make-a-movie-it-is-almost-like-hitting-on/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/marjane-satrapi-1702_book_when-you-make-a-book-or-you-make-a-movie_2511549.jpg) > [ Here \[in the USA\], you have the best laws for freedom of expression. The problem is that expression can be bought by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/here-in-the-usa-you-have-the-best-laws-for-freedom-of-expression-the/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/marjane-satrapi-1702_expression_here-in-the-usa-you-have-the-best-laws-f_2260908.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) > [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) > [You know, I'm a really individualistic person. I'm extremely narcissistic and egocentric, too. So I have one life, and I have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/you-know-i-m-a-really-individualistic-person-i-m-extremely/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/marjane-satrapi-1702_egocentric_you-know-i-m-a-really-individualistic-pe_2287709.jpg) > [If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/if-you-have-a-little-sensibility-or-a-heart-you-have-all-the-reason/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/marjane-satrapi-1702_able_if-you-have-a-little-sensibility-or-a-he_826604.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) > [In a place like Israel, they're very concerned with Iran, so there's a lot of interest. So they want to see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/in-a-place-like-israel-they-re-very-concerned-with-iran-so-there-s-a/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/marjane-satrapi-1702_book_in-a-place-like-israel-they-re-very-conc_1480194.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) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/marjane-satrapi/#itemlist", "name": "15 Want Quotes By Marjane Satrapi", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. 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