I Like To Make Mechanical

I Wasn't Made To Take Orders. My Grandmother Used To Tell Me: 'laws Are For Idiots.' She Was Right.

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.

If You Have A Little Sensibility Or A Heart, You Have All The Reason To Be Depressed Once In A While. But The Depression Is Like A Motor For Creation. I Need A Little Bit Of Depression, A Bit Of Acid In My Stomach, To Be Able To Create. When I'm Happy, I Just Want To Dance.

Racism Is Not Nearly As Important As Poverty. That's The Same Around The World. What Look Like Ethnic Problems Are Really Economic Issues. If You Look Closely At All These Conflicts Around The World, They Come Down To Poverty And Economics And Resources. The More Poverty, The Worse The War.

People, They Think That Animation Is A Style. Animation Is Just A Technique. It's Like, People, They Think That Comics Is A Style, Like Comics Is A Superhero Story. Comic Is Just A Narration, And Is A Medium, You Can Say Any Kind Of Story In Comics And You Can Say Of Any Kind Of Story In Animation.