All Marjane Satrapi Quotes
- Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Blood
- The information I have about Iran is second hand. Hand
- 'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran. Animated
- This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist. Christian
- 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 means… Absolutely
- I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually,… Activities
- I think animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. The question is: are you a marathon… Animation
- Life is complex. You don't have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don't always have the notion of redemption.… Always Pay
- Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their… Afraid
- Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate. Images are a way of writing. When you have the talent… Able
- Human beings have a lot of problems identifying themselves with other human beings who don't resemble them exactly. But there's something about drawing that means… Anyone
- I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these… All
- I don't like 'graphic novel.' It's a word that publishers created for the bourgeois to read comics without feeling bad. Comics is just a way… Bad
- 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 life,… Autobiography
- I had this fantasy that in a democracy the government was the population. So I came to America and got a big slap in my… America
- I hate this word 'graphic novel.' It is a term publishing houses have created for the bourgeois so they wouldn't be ashamed of buying comics...… Ashamed
- I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn't know any people from other countries, I'd think everyone was evil based on news stories. But… Amount
- I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that are not right… All
- I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the time... I like… All
- I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your personal story. If… Alien
- I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one… Account
- I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to… Bore
- If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you should not necessarily… Adaptation
- If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion,… Basement
- It is dangerous when you start calling people from one part of the world terrorists or fanatic, and you reduce them to some abstract notion.… Abstract