Life is complex. You don't have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don't always have the notion of redemption. The bad people don't always pay. Marjane Satrapi badbegincomplex Change image and share on social
I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your life, it becomes fictional. Of course, the truth is never far. But the story is created out of it. Marjane Satrapi autobiographyautofictioncreate share on social
I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions. Marjane Satrapi artistdutypolitician Change image and share on social
The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing. Marjane Satrapi drawhumanwrite Change image and share on social
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 cannesfairytalehave Change image and share on social
This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist. Marjane Satrapi christianclashculture Change image and share on social
As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes. Marjane Satrapi directorhappenmake Change image and share on social
I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank - they freak me out. Marjane Satrapi accountbankenvelope Change image and 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
If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better. Marjane Satrapi beautylovemake Change image and share on social