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
thinking artist narcissistic
You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing; otherwise, why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it.
thinking zombie stories
I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your personal story. If not directly, it is about your fears, your obsessions, things like that.
writing drawing life-and-death
For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.
imagination cinema world
Cinema is a world of imagination.
writing actors want
Business is very personal. For me, everything is extremely personal. With actors, the fact that I write helps, because when you say to an actor "Oh I want you to do it a little bit more ...," without saying what you want more of, then the actor doesn't know what to do. But if you can put into words exactly what you want, then the experience of writing is helpful with that.
directors making-changes ifs
As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.
country america special
America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.
people stories too-late
That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.
real thinking stories
A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think.
running men thinking
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 man or are you a sprinter? I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.
grandmother order law
I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.
war surprise
War always takes you by surprise.
falling-in-love people actors
I chose the actors that I was in love with. I cannot work with people that I don't personally like a lot. They can be the best actor in the world, but if the first contact is not good, if I don't fall in love with them, then I don't want to work with them. It's impossible.
cancer sick smoking
Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; making love, they talk about AIDS; you talk about smoking, they talk about cancer. It's a very sick society that rejects pleasure.