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. Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn’t know any people from other countries, I’d think everyone was evil based on news stories. But I know a lot of people, and know that there is no such thing as stark good and evil. Isn’t it possible there is the same amount of evil everywhere? Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
I think animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. The question is: are you a marathon man or are you a sprinter? I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily. Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist. Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
You know, I’m a really individualistic person. I’m extremely narcissistic and egocentric, too. So I have one life, and I have to live it the way I want. Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
The Jungle Book.’ It’s one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran. Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
If today I have to make a political statement, it is, ‘I love beauty.’ I think beauty makes people better. Marjane Satrapi Read Quote
