Marjane Satrapi Quotes

To tell you the truth, I never wanted to become a moviemaker. It was like I was a cinepihile, and I go, like, three or four times per week to the cinema, and I like to watch films.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthWeekYouCinemaThreeBecome

New Orleans has these older orange lightbulbs, which are really gorgeous. But the main thing that stands out is actually the Superdome.

Jimmy Graham

NewOrangeNew OrleansOutGorgeous

Ernest Rutherford's 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry wasn't given for the nuclear power station - he wouldn't have survived that long - it was given for showing how interesting atomic physics could be.

Andre Geim

PowerInterestingLongPhysicsPrize

I didn't want to be a hero to kids; I didn't think I had that. I just wanted to be popular.

Maxwell Caulfield

HeroThinkWantJustKidsWanted

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

Tom Hiddleston

YourselfMindDreamNeverAudience

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.

Rita Dove

AgeTimePoetrySexLensRace

I thought I would go out, and see if the air would make me feel any better.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

MeThoughtBetterFeelGoSee

I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.

Don Cooper

JobBaseballBelieveCareTake Care

I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.

Don Cheadle

FeelTryingYouMoviesTellPreach

Whether a star has planetary companions or not is a condition of its birth. Those with a larger initial allotment of metals have an advantage over those without.

Debra Fischer

BirthOverWithoutStarAdvantage

We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror.

Condoleezza Rice

WorkTogetherFightWillAgainst

I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'

Claudio Ranieri

DogLoveGoodPizzaWaitDinner

My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.

Win Butler

TeacherSchoolMindMeHigh School

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