Marjane Satrapi Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Educational, Believe, Book

  Interview with Michael Cavna, www.washingtonpost.com. April 27, 2012.

• I don't watch many comic-book movies. But I loved 'Sin City.'

  Marjane Satrapi

  Book, Sin City, Cities

  "How to film a graphic novel" by Marjane Satrapi, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2011.

• I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Book, I Realized

• When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It's not because you want to seduce people that you will seduce them; you can hit on somebody and it doesn't work. But when you hit on them and it works, then it's really cool.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Book, People, Hitting

  "Persepolis/Interview with Marjane Satrapi". Interview with Beth Accomando, www.kpbs.org. January 17, 2008.

• Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Book, Want, Adaptation

  Source: collider.com

• The language in a comic book or a graphic novel and the cinematographic language are really not the same language. They are false brother and sister. It's not at all the same.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Brother, Book, Language

  Source: collider.com

• 'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Book, Cinema, Saws

• In a place like Israel, they're very concerned with Iran, so there's a lot of interest. So they want to see what this Iranian from France has to say in her comics. I guess that's good. My the books are coming out in other countries. And each time, they discover something different to be interested in.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Country, Book, Israel

  Source: www.believermag.com

• If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you should not necessarily read the book to see the film. If you do need that, then that means that it's a failure. That is what I think.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Book, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. August 9, 2012.

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