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Marjane Satrapi Quotes | Quotes said by Marjane Satrapi

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #1

    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 Quote #2

    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 Quote #3

    Certainly, they'd had to endure the war, but they had each other close by. They had never known the confusion of being a third-worlder, they had always a home!

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #4

    Cinema is a world of imagination.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #5

    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 Quote #6

    For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #7

    I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #8

    I asked him what his work was. He answered that he devoted all his time to his political activities... He was undoubtedly busy with the diplomatic relations between his testicles and women's breast.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #9

    I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never be comfortable.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #10

    I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #11

    I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #12

    I've never seen or touched anything.
    Can you explain then how you had children?
    You're right. It's true I have four kids. Four! But still I have never seen the male organ. He came into the bedroom, he turned off the light, and then Bam! Bam! Bam! and voila I was pregnant! What's more, I was granted four girls. So I have never seen penises.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #13

    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 Quote #14

    If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion, but little by little you can solve problems in the basement of a country, not on the surface.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #15

    If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #16

    In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance... Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #17

    Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion?

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #18

    Love is the opposite of good sense.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #19

    Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #20

    My culture comes from everywhere. I'm sick of this notion of nationality, that if you're brought up in the same city or same country you're the same. Even three kids brought up in the same family with the same genes, they are not the same. Just consider a human a human.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #21

    Oh my!! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #22

    The key to wisdom is doubt!

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #23

    The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #24

    The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #25

    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 Quote #26

    To be the mistress of a married man is to have the better role. Do you realize? His dirty shirt, his disgusting underwear, his daily ironing, his bad breath, his hemorrhoid attacks, his fuss, not to mention his bad moods, and his tantrums. Well all that is for his wife.
    When a married man comes to his mistress... he's always bleached and ironed, his teeth sparkle, his breath is like perfume, he's in a good mood, he's full of conversation, he is there to have a good time with you.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #27

    War always takes you by surprise.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #28

    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 Quote #29

    When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

  • Marjane Satrapi Quote #30

    When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It's not because you want to seduce people that you will seduce them; you can hit on somebody and it doesn't work. But when you hit on them and it works, then it's really cool.

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