Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.

Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.

I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.

I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that are not right - we are human beings with all these illusions and complexes and everything. That's attractive to me.

You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens.

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!

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.