Marjane Satrapi

I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Marjane Satrapi

A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

— Marjane Satrapi

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

— 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.…

— Marjane Satrapi

I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my…

— 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…

— Marjane Satrapi

I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.

— 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…

— 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

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

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

The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing.

— Marjane Satrapi

I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never…

— Marjane Satrapi

It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and…

— 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

I chose the actors that I was in love with. I cannot work with people that I don't personally like a lot.…

— Marjane Satrapi

I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your…

— 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

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