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
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 don't make a career plan. I take things the way they come. Marjane Satrapi careermakeplan Change image and share on social
I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist. Marjane Satrapi absolutelychangeequal 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
I'm not a politician because I'm an artist. Politicians have a very easy answer for a very complicated question. I have a very complicated question for what you consider very easy situations. Marjane Satrapi answerartistcomplicate Change image and share on social
It is dangerous when you start calling people from one part of the world terrorists or fanatic, and you reduce them to some abstract notion. If evil has a geographical place, and if the evil has a name, that is the beginning of fascism. Real life is not this way. You have fanatics and narrow-minded people everywhere. Marjane Satrapi abstractbegincall share on social
I don't think that I have ever been rebellious. The thing is that I don't believe in people - what people tell me. I have to accept it in my own brain first. I don't listen to anyone, never. Marjane Satrapi acceptbrainlisten Change image and share on social
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
People are so afraid to say the word 'comic'. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to 'graphic novel' and that disappears. Marjane Satrapi afraidbellybig Change image and share on social