Americans think cinema is about storytelling; I don't believe that. I think it's a language and everyone has to find their own way of speaking. It's not so much what you say as the way you say it. Marjane Satrapi americancinemafind Change image and share on social
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 hardlanguagelearn Change image and 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
All big changes of the world come from words. Marjane Satrapi bigwordworld Change image and share on social
If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you should not necessarily read the book to see the film. If you do need that, then that means that it's a failure. That is what I think. Marjane Satrapi adaptationbookfailure share on social
I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt. Marjane Satrapi beltbrucegreen Change image and share on social
I think the only universal thing is one individual. If you talk about a country or a nation or a culture, it's so vague. I mean what is a nation? A nation is full of nice and bad and long and tall and short and thin people. It's not like everybody is the same. Marjane Satrapi badcountryculture 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
For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something. Marjane Satrapi daydeathdraw Change image and share on social
I had this fantasy that in a democracy the government was the population. So I came to America and got a big slap in my face... Americans were not what I thought. I thought I was going to see bastards and I saw nice people, very friendly to me. Marjane Satrapi americaamericanbastard share on social
