Quotes About Persepolis

#1. The novels have done so well because the drawings are abstract, black-and-white. This adds to the universality of the story. "Persepolis" also has dreamlike moments, and the drawings help maintain cohesion and consistency.

Marjane Satrapi

#2. In reference to Persepolis and all palaces, cities and temples of the past: could these wonders have come into being without that suffering? without the overseer's whip, the slave's fear, the ruler's vanity? was not the monumentality of past epochs created by that which is negative and evil in man?

Ryszard Kapuscinski

#3. The most natural thing for us is drawing. The characters [in Persepolis] are hand drawn. We're not technical people. We don't know how to type.

Marjane Satrapi

#4. With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a story of 'the Other' - people living in a distant land who don't look like us. It might have been exotic, but also a "Third-World" story.

Marjane Satrapi

#5. I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

Samantha Morton

#6. I've been compiling a list of art project ideas for a long time. These are ideas of things I would love to see someday. They range from the practical - jackets with woodstoves in them - to the sublime - images of nuns on waterslides.

Misha Collins

#7. Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion?

Marjane Satrapi

#8. The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.

Marjane Satrapi

#9. Obedience always is the first step to discovering God's plan for your life.

Charles F. Stanley

#10. I want to feel again," Lucas whispered, taking
the last few steps that bridged the distance between
them. "You make me feel something, and I need to
feel again." His long arms encircled her waist. -Lucas Bennett

Nikki Lynn Barrett

#11. I watched as my slippers reflected the torches when I was handed out of the carriage. When I looked up, I gasped. I had heard of the lovely palace of the king, but nothing had prepared me for the glittering jewel that was in front of me.

Sarah Holman

#12. My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.

Tamara Ecclestone

#13. You can't confuse childlike faith with childish thinking.

John F. MacArthur Jr.