Marjane Satrapi

I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.

— Marjane Satrapi

I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work…

— Marjane Satrapi

“Dear friend, life passes with or without God.”

— Marjane Satrapi

Words also are filters. They have to be translated. Even in the original language, there is interpretation and some ambiguity. If there's…

— 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

There's this scene in "The Night of the Hunter" when the kids are downstairs, and you have the feeling that they're both…

— Marjane Satrapi

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

“And so I was lost, without any bearings... what could be worse than that?”

— Marjane Satrapi

The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small…

— Marjane Satrapi

War always takes you by surprise.

— Marjane Satrapi

I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.

— Marjane Satrapi

People are so afraid to say the word 'comic'. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and…

— Marjane Satrapi

Human beings have a lot of problems identifying themselves with other human beings who don't resemble them exactly. But there's something about…

— Marjane Satrapi

I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso…

— 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

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

If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.

— 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 was in love with Darth Vader. He was extremely sexy to me. Once I had almost a sexual dream about Darth…

— Marjane Satrapi

I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that…

— Marjane Satrapi

My real background was in art studies. At the beginning I was a painter, then I was this graphic designer, then I…

— Marjane Satrapi

I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.

— Marjane Satrapi

The music that I hate the most is R&B.

— Marjane Satrapi

I wanted to make a real love story with a bad ending, because a love story that ends good is the life…

— Marjane Satrapi

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!

— Marjane Satrapi