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
feminist humanist
I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist.
usual conclusion educate
Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.
book i-realized
I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.
found
We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.
should aggressors
I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.
sacrifice thinking parent
You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.
heart minutes angry
I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over.
men iran rights
It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.
long political house
The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough?' Is my veil in place?' Can my make-up be seen?' Are they going to whip me?' No longer asks herself: Where is my freedom of thought?' Where is my freedom of speech?' My life, is it livable?' What's going on in the political prisons?
imagine cigarette lauren
It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette.
book want adaptation
Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.
party believe justice
I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.
mean ducks drawing
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 that anyone can identify to a drawing. I mean, people can identify themselves with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.
home iran years
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 years, to me the word 'home' has only one meaning: Iran. I suppose it's that way for everyone: Home is the place where one is born and raised.