I almost don't know how to write an email. Marjane Satrapi More Quotes by Marjane Satrapi More Quotes From Marjane Satrapi Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Marjane Satrapi revolutionlongblood You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing otherwise why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it. Marjane Satrapi narcissisticartistthinking It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. Marjane Satrapi laurencigaretteimagine Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Because history is long term. But today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after. Marjane Satrapi twobloodpast I like making comics and animation because it takes such a long time. I'm not a runner of the 100 meter. I like marathons. The longer it takes, the better I feel. Marjane Satrapi metermarathonlong Here [in the USA], you have the best laws for freedom of expression. The problem is that expression can be bought by people who don't want you have it. Apparently, true patriotism destroys freedom of expression. Marjane Satrapi usaexpressionlaw I try to look at life carefully and reproduce life the way life is. It's a question of looking carefully at how it is. In life, you don't have total happiness. People always say that. But you don't have total sadness either, no matter what situation you are living in. Marjane Satrapi sadnesstryingpeople Any medium can only live up to the strengths of the people working in it. If it's been used to tell bad or boring stories, it's not a problem with comics; it's a problem with the writers of those comics. Marjane Satrapi problemstoriespeople Words also are filters. They have to be translated. Even in the original language, there is interpretation and some ambiguity. If there's a cultural difference between the writer and the reader, that might come out in words. But with pictures, there's more efficiency. Marjane Satrapi filtersdifferencesmight You see a picture and you understand perfectly, immediately, the basic thing that's happening. It's probably more accessible because we are in a culture of images. People are used to seeing stories that way. They understand looking at pictures. Marjane Satrapi storiesculturepeople With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when your days of shooting are over, they are over forever. Marjane Satrapi shootingdoeforever In all the dictatorships, there's such a non-understanding of what human beings are. I mean, if you believe in the Bible, you have the story of Adam and Eve and God tells them, "Do whatever you want. The only thing you shouldn't do is eat the apple." What do they do the first thing? They eat the apple. So if you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it. Marjane Satrapi applesmeanbelieve I was in love with Darth Vader. He was extremely sexy to me. Once I had almost a sexual dream about Darth Vader. At the moment he was about to pull his helmet off, my husband woke me up and I was so annoyed. I told him, "I was on my way to kiss Darth Vader." Marjane Satrapi sexyhusbanddream I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but then the thing is to take the best decision, what you think is the best. Then, that is the moment where you have to have all the film in your head and imagine how all of that will fit together. Marjane Satrapi decisiontogetherthinking I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over. Marjane Satrapi fiveminutesheart I wanted to make a real love story with a bad ending, because a love story that ends good is the life of everyone - you and I, for example. I always say to people, You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them. Imagine Romeo and Juliet, six kids yelling, mama, mama, papa, papa. Marjane Satrapi yellingrealkids Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing. Marjane Satrapi drawingwritingtalking Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after. Marjane Satrapi todaytwopast If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it. Marjane Satrapi psychologywantlittles The things that I do today are the things I did as a child. When I was a child, either I was drawing or I was taking all the kids off my street and I wanted to make shows - I was all the time making! The only thing is, now I know how to do it better, and now they give me money for it. Marjane Satrapi drawingkidschildren
