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
life-is-too-short life-is too-short
Life is too short to be lived badly.
war years laughing
I'm someone who lived in a war for five years. I received bombs on my head every day of my childhood. Did that stop me from living? Did that stop me from laughing?
easter real war
The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.
country differences government
If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it's that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.
hurt stupid bitterness
In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance... Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.
answer consider politician
I'm not a politician because I'm an artist. Politicians have a very easy answer for a very complicated question. I have a very complicated question for what you consider very easy situations.
based human second travel
All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.
fear reflection analysis
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 all dictators' repression.
driving dictator force
Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.
stuff film i-can
I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage.
culture weapons kind
Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.
hate mirrors cynical
You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me, an extremely bitter, cynical person that I hate to see in the mirror, really.
giving people chance
In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!
giving people chance
In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!