It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education. Marjane Satrapi americabookcollege share on social
All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same. Marjane Satrapi basebeinghuman Change image and share on social
The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people. Marjane Satrapi eastintelligentpeople Change image and share on social
You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning didn't become a major art. There's a reason for that. People don't know how to deal with drawings. Marjane Satrapi artcartooncinema share on social
I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to another, everything changes and I improvise. Marjane Satrapi bearfreestyleimprovise Change image and share on social
I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that are not right - we are human beings with all these illusions and complexes and everything. That's attractive to me. Marjane Satrapi attractivebeingbrain share on social
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 bittercynicalcynicism Change image and share on social
A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think. Marjane Satrapi badfinishlove Change image and share on social
Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; making love, they talk about AIDS; you talk about smoking, they talk about cancer. It's a very sick society that rejects pleasure. Marjane Satrapi aidcancercholesterol share on social
