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Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French novelist and cartoonist, renowned for her graphic novel 'Persepolis'. Born on November 22, 1969, in Tehran, Iran, her work primarily focuses on the experiences of Iranian women and the effects of political and social transformations in Iran.

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“You know men!! As soon as you give in to them, they ignore you.”

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“To be the mistress of a married man is to have the better role. Do you realize? His dirty shirt, his disgusting underwear, his daily ironing, his bad breath, his hemorrhoid attacks, his fuss, not to mention his bad moods, and his tantrums. Well all that is for his wife. When a married man comes to his mistress... he's always bleached and ironed, his teeth sparkle, his breath is like perfume, he's in a good mood, he's full of conversation, he is there to have a good time with you.”

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“Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.”

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“I've never seen or touched anything." "Can you explain then how you had children?" "You're right. It's true I have four kids. Four! But still I have never seen the male organ. He came into the bedroom, he turned off the light, and then Bam! Bam! Bam! and voila I was pregnant! What's more, I was granted four girls. So I have never seen penises.”

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“When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.”

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“I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.”

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“It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.”

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“My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.”

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“I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.”

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“I think animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. The question is: are you a marathon man or are you a sprinter? I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.”

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“People are so afraid to say the word "comic". It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to "graphic novel" and that disappears.”

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About the Author

Born: November 22, 1969
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 202

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EmbroideriesRelated source material

The Complete PersepolisRelated source material

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Persepolis: The Story of a ChildhoodRelated source material

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Il velo di Maia. Marjane Satrapi o dell'ironia dell'IranRelated source material

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a ReturnRelated source material

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