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.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.

I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.

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

I wrote the plot [for the Persepolis ]and Vincent [Paronnaud] and I wrote and discussed the shooting of the script. Vincent then took care of the production design, the actual shooting, and what was going on within each scene. It's very difficult, though, to draw a line between who did what. Because Vincent would say something, and I would add something, and at the end you have this film, yet no clear idea of who did what.

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