Marjane Satrapi Quotes - Page 2

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• I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to buy a really nice house in heaven - or what? I don't get it.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Nice, House, Heaven

  Interview with Joshuah Bearman, believermag.com. August 1, 2006.

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• People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a style, like comics is a superhero story. Comic is just a narration, and is a medium, you can say any kind of story in comics and you can say of any kind of story in animation.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Thinking, People, Superhero

  Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. January 14, 2008.

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• 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

  Christian, Atheist, Thinking

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• Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Be True To Yourself, Dignity, Being True

  Marjane Satrapi (2004). “Persepolis Two”, Pantheon

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• Imagine if I cannot stand someone and every day he is here in my face, then I cannot work. Then, the whole time, I am thinking "I hate him, I hate him." But if I love him or I love her, then I can do anything, then I am comfortable. That's why it's so important to be surrounded by people that you really like.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Hate, I Love Him, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Coward, Loses, Conscience

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• The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough?' Is my veil in place?' Can my make-up be seen?' Are they going to whip me?' No longer asks herself: Where is my freedom of thought?' Where is my freedom of speech?' My life, is it livable?' What's going on in the political prisons?

  Marjane Satrapi

  Long, House, Political

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• I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Thinking, Rebel

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• 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

  Men, Thinking, Feminist

  "Marjane Satrapi: Superman is Boring, Batman is Hot, Dictators Are Clueless". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. August 13, 2012.

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• Image is an international language.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Language, International Language, International

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• We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Sorry, Laughing, Way

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• Comics are just another medium to express yourself. It's not cinema; it's not literature; it's just something else. It has a specific requirement, which is that images are used to tell the story. There are lots of crappy movies, with guns and action and Arnold Schwarzenegger or whatever.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Gun, Cinema, Stories

  Interview with Joshuah Bearman, believermag.com. August 1, 2006.

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• Racism is not nearly as important as poverty. That's the same around the world. What look like ethnic problems are really economic issues. If you look closely at all these conflicts around the world, they come down to poverty and economics and resources. The more poverty, the worse the war.

  Marjane Satrapi

  War, Issues, Racism

  Interview with Joshuah Bearman, believermag.com. August 1, 2006.

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• In every religion, you find the same extremists.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Extremist

  "Confessions of Miss Mischief". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2008.

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• Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: “Don’t be afraid! Don’t be afraid! We are together!” They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Rights, Hands, Iran

  "I Must Go Home to Iran Again" by Marjane Satrapi, www.nytimes.com. July 3, 2009.

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• One can forgive but one should never forget.

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  Forgiving, Never Forget, Forget

  Marjane Satrapi (2003*). “Il velo di Maia. Marjane Satrapi o dell'ironia dell'Iran”, Lizard

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• 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.

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  Art, Real, Expression

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• Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate. Images are a way of writing. When you have the talent to be able to write and to draw, it seems a shame to choose one. I think it's better to do both.

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  Writing, Mean, Thinking

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• You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Character, Way, Etc

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.

  Marjane Satrapi

  People, Too Late, Stories

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• Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Fun, Black And White, Color

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Pigs, Iran, Iraq

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• Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Writing, Giving, Sense Of Humor

  "Never Mind the Mullahs". Interview with Vivienne Walt, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2008.

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• Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Driving, Dictator, Force

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• War always takes you by surprise.

  Marjane Satrapi

  War, Surprise

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