Author: Marjane Satrapi

Quotes

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

- Marjane Satrapi

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best place to be, like a fairytale.

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best place to be, like a fairytale.

- Marjane Satrapi

That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.

That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.

- Marjane Satrapi

Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you.

Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you.

- Marjane Satrapi

The way that you remember your life, it's never linear. You have flashes of different moments of your life, and the flashes aren't equal; they have different styles.

The way that you remember your life, it's never linear. You have flashes of different moments of your life, and the flashes aren't equal; they have different styles.

- Marjane Satrapi

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

- Marjane Satrapi

A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think.

A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think.

- Marjane Satrapi

Cinema is a world of imagination.

Cinema is a world of imagination.

- Marjane Satrapi

Life is complex. You don't have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don't always have the notion of redemption. The bad people don't always pay.

Life is complex. You don't have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don't always have the notion of redemption. The bad people don't always pay.

- Marjane Satrapi

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