The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

Can I have my ear back?" He asked irritably.She blinked."Mother, can you tell this creature here to loosen her hold?

Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition.

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

I go to bed late. My mind starts going at night - that's when those creative juices begin flowing.

True salvation is freedom from negativity.

Men fear that becoming 'we' will erase his 'I.' For women, our 'we' is our saving grace Women's relationships are like a renewable source of power.

If you're going to accept freedom, there's the freedom to be stupid.

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give their best. Like manipulation.

There are always different things that can happen and I Marjane Satrapi don't want to yell at other people. It's easier if we yell at each other. We're still friends, so obviously it worked out.

Profit is what happens when you do everything else right.