Marjane Satrapi Quotes

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HumorWordsMeWritingLoseBecome

Chocolate is what I love. I have it every day.

Jennifer Hudson

LoveDayChocolateEvery DayEvery

I have three grandchildren and am hoping for 20.

Maureen Forrester

GrandchildrenThreeHopingAm

I did not come here to repeat what you already know. I have come to reveal something new. I want to share with you a new revelation from God.

Sun Myung Moon

GodYouNewKnowWantRepeat

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

Simon Pegg

HumorBestThinkSelfAmericanSame

When I make a film, I don't watch a lot of other films. I read a lot; I try to read poems, things that can liberate my human condition, that make me go away... I spend a lot of the time doing nothing, just concentrating on the subject. Sometimes I'll sit in my chair for two or three hours without doing anything.

Rithy Panh

TimeMeDoingChairSometimesThree

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'

Robin Williams

BaseballTiredMeSayingYouWant

That is the great joy: to go to work with people that you love, whether they be people that you are in love with or people that you just love, and be creative and artistic and make things that you want to send out into the world and make people feel good.

Julia Roberts

WorkLoveGoodGreatCreativeJoy

I don't start a song with an idea of what ingredients are going to go into a song. It's not like a recipe. I will normally either talk from personal experience or I'll make a character and then try to allow that character to behave the way he or she naturally would.

Jason Isbell

CharacterExperienceSongStartGo

When you think about 19 years, it has been a heckuva ride. Physically, I want to be able to participate in activities with my kids, so it has taken a toll. It is time to move on and think about maybe coaching or doing some broadcasting.

Jason Kidd

TimeRideThinkDoingCoachingYou

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.

Dean Koontz

HopeKingReadingHimYearsBeen

I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsible, but when things go wrong, I always come up with a joke or think of something funny to say.

Brian Helgeland

FunnyThinkWrongGoCircumstances

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

Arthur Schopenhauer

DeathYouWillBirthYourBefore

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