Marjane Satrapi

“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.”

“I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to another, everything changes and I improvise.”

“I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually, what I'm doing now is exactly what I was doing then. Either I'm drawing, or I'm gathering people for a common project. The only difference is that now they are paying me for that.”

“The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that.”

“Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.”

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

“The music that I hate the most is R&B.”

“America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.”

“Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.”