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Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people."

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "All big changes of the world come from words."

All big changes of the world come from words.




Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself."

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "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."

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.




Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism."

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages."

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too."

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.




Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions."

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying."

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Image is an international language."

Image is an international language.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic."

Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it."

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.




Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "One can forgive but one should never forget."

One can forgive but one should never forget.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to buy a really nice house in heaven - or what? I don't get it."

I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to buy a really nice house in heaven - or what? I don't get it.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "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?"

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?



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best place to be, like a fairytale."

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best place to be, like a fairytale.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself."

Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "People are so afraid to say the word "comic". It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to "graphic novel" and that disappears."

People are so afraid to say the word "comic". It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to "graphic novel" and that disappears.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful."

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil."

Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like."

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words."

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily."

I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff!"

Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff!



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens."

You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression."

Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs."

The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Politicians think they have answers for everything. We artists, we only have questions."

Politicians think they have answers for everything. We artists, we only have questions.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor."

I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "The most natural thing for us is drawing. The characters [in Persepolis] are hand drawn. We're not technical people. We don't know how to type."

The most natural thing for us is drawing. The characters [in Persepolis] are hand drawn. We're not technical people. We don't know how to type.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living."

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted."

I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage."

I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Cinema is a world of imagination."

Cinema is a world of imagination.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email."

I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium."

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!"

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves."

Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "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."

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.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist."

I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could."

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes."

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "In every religion, you find the same extremists."

In every religion, you find the same extremists.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better."

If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine."

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something."

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing."

The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse."

Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.



Marjane Satrapi Quotes: "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."

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.