Marjane Satrapi Quotes

Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author

Marjane Satrapi (born November 22, 1969) is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director and children's book author.

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Alternative Names: Marjane Ebrahimi

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Bad people are dangerous but forgiving them is too.

La libertà ha sempre un prezzo.

And so I was lost, without any bearings... what could be worse than that?

J'ai lu le Deuxième Sexe. Simone expliquait que si les femmes faisaient pipi debout, leur conception de la vie changerait.
Alors j'ai essayé. Ça coulait légèrement sur ma jambe gauche. C'était un peu dégoutant.
Assise, c'était bien plus simple. De pus, en tant qu'iranienne, avant d'uriner comme un homme, il fallait que j'apprenne à devenir une femme libérée et émancipée.

Preferiría que estuviera vivo y encarcelado que muerto como un héroe

Dalam hidup kau akan bertemu banyak orang brengsek. Kalau mereka menyakitimu, katakan pada dirimu sendiri itu karena mereka bodoh. Itu akan membantu mencegahmu bereaksi pada kekejaman mereka. Karena tidak ada yang lebih buruk daripada kebencian dan balas dendam. Selalu jaga martabatmu dan jujurlah pada dirimu sendiri.

War always takes you by surprise.

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.

Prosperity consists of two things: tea after a meal, and a cigarette after tea.

I learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

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.

Life hangs from so slender a thread. Life is but a sigh...

They found records and video-cassettes at their place, a deck of cards, a chess set. In other words, everything that's banned.

Celestial light, you are my choice, my last and my best choice.