For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form. Marjane Satrapi choosecomicdraw Change image and share on social
I'm a pacifist. I believe there are ways to solve the world's problems. Instead of putting all this money to create arms, I think countries should invest in scholarships for kids to study abroad. Perhaps they could become good and knowledgeable professors in their own countries. You need time for that kind of change, though. Marjane Satrapi abroadarmchange share on social
A Muslim fanatic and a Christian fanatic, a Jewish fanatic, a secular fanatic, an atheist fanatic, a communist fanatic - all of them are the same. The thinking that, 'If you don't think like me, that if you are not with me, then you are against me;' this is something to condemn. Marjane Satrapi atheistchristiancommunist share on social
My real background was in art studies. At the beginning I was a painter, then I was this graphic designer, then I became an illustrator, then I was a comic artist. But for me it's a different way of expression, a different field of art. They're not separated; everything for me is related. Marjane Satrapi artartistbackground share on social
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. Marjane Satrapi bearcallfact share on social
I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting. Marjane Satrapi chickinterestlousy Change image and share on social
When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine. Marjane Satrapi advanceequalityfeminist share on social
It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women. Marjane Satrapi centhalfiran Change image and share on social
I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think. Marjane Satrapi rebel Change image and share on social
Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you. Marjane Satrapi beardiefreezer Change image and share on social