Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapiis an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author...
NationalityIranian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 November 1969
CityRasht, Iran
expression law usa
Here [in the USA], you have the best laws for freedom of expression. The problem is that expression can be bought by people who don't want you have it. Apparently, true patriotism destroys freedom of expression.
art believe generations
I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything.
long marathon meter
I like making comics and animation because it takes such a long time. I'm not a runner of the 100 meter. I like marathons. The longer it takes, the better I feel.
fun black-and-white color
Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.
forever shooting doe
With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when your days of shooting are over, they are over forever.
heart thinking broken
We always say we are equal in front of death, but when you are rich, for example, and you have everybody taking care of you, I think that you suffer much less. It must be much more painful to die when you are poor than when you are rich. But when your heart is broken, you can be rich, poor, whatever - a broken heart, we are all equal in front of it. And I think there is no subject more serious.
thinking unbearable narcissistic
I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.
nice perfect-guy thank-god
You cannot be completely nice. It's impossible. Who is it? Who is the perfect guy? Show him to me! It doesn't exist. And thank god.
perfect moments knows
You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens.
children kids drawing
The things that I do today are the things I did as a child. When I was a child, either I was drawing or I was taking all the kids off my street and I wanted to make shows - I was all the time making! The only thing is, now I know how to do it better, and now they give me money for it.
psychology want littles
If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.
past two today
Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.
writing drawing talking
Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing.
people culture stories
You see a picture and you understand perfectly, immediately, the basic thing that's happening. It's probably more accessible because we are in a culture of images. People are used to seeing stories that way. They understand looking at pictures.