Marjane Satrapi Want Quotations

I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

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.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.

Business is very personal. For me, everything is extremely personal. With actors, the fact that I write helps, because when you say to an actor "Oh I want you to do it a little bit more ...," without saying what you want more of, then the actor doesn't know what to do. But if you can put into words exactly what you want, then the experience of writing is helpful with that.

Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.

If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I'm happy, I just want to dance.