I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your life, it becomes fictional. Of course, the truth is never far. But the story is created out of it.
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.… - Marjane Satrapi
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.…
- Marjane Satrapi
Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself. - Marjane Satrapi
Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.
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 … - Marjane Satrapi
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 …
Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism. - Marjane Satrapi
Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.
I hate this word 'graphic novel.' It is a term publishing houses have created for the bourgeois so they wouldn't be ashamed of buying comics... I'm n… - Marjane Satrapi
I hate this word 'graphic novel.' It is a term publishing houses have created for the bourgeois so they wouldn't be ashamed of buying comics... I'm n…
I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the Afric… - Marjane Satrapi
I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the Afric…
The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people. - Marjane Satrapi
The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.
All big changes of the world come from words. - Marjane Satrapi
All big changes of the world come from words.
Life is too short to be lived badly. - Marjane Satrapi
Life is too short to be lived badly.
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