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Marjane Satrapi Quotes

The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: iranian
Birth: November 22, 1969

Topics

Writing Drawing Human First Being

I was 3 and a half, and there was an open call for a Coca-Cola commercial. We were living around Dallas, and my mom took me. I think they were calling for 16-year-olds that could ride horses and swing a rope, and for whatever reason, my mom took me up there when I was 3. But I always had a rope, and I was a little cowboy at that age.

Age Ride Me Mom Think Living

I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.

Dreams Me Fly Care Take Care Fence

I don't miss being a reporter as a job, but I do miss the everyday interaction with the front line of law enforcement. I still have a cadre of cops who keep me up to date, but I don't have the access I used to.

Michael Connelly

Job Me Law Law Enforcement Everyday

Imagination allows you to bend the rules of the temporal world.

Imagination World You Rules Bend

The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.

Experience Advice Human First Need

I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.

Culture Me Friends Go Meet Others

Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.

Internet Way Spread Lies Effects

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

Life Focus Writing My Life Healthy

My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life People Colleagues My Life Gay

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

Marvin Hamlisch

Business Career Never Mean Write

During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

Sleep Rest Deep Meditation Down Go

I like making things. I enjoy putting words and images on a blank space. There should be joy in the writing itself because parts of it are so challenging and lonesome. I take great pleasure in reading, researching, and interviewing. I enjoy forming my sentences and revising them to make them clean.

Great Words Joy Space Writing Enjoy

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