I Almost Don't Know How To Write

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.

I Think With Pictures; I'm A Very Lousy Writer. If I Write Without Pictures, I Become This Pathetic Chick Sitting Somewhere Trying To Be Interesting.

I Don't Believe In The Clash Of Cultures. The Culture Is One. The Culture Is A Ring Off The Same Chain. Picasso Was Very Much Influenced By The African Arts, And He Influenced A Whole Other Generation Of Artists. So Everything Influences Everything.

I'm Someone Who Lived In A War For Five Years. I Received Bombs On My Head Every Day Of My Childhood. Did That Stop Me From Living? Did That Stop Me From Laughing?

Imagine If I Cannot Stand Someone And Every Day He Is Here In My Face, Then I Cannot Work. Then, The Whole Time, I Am Thinking "i Hate Him, I Hate Him." But If I Love Him Or I Love Her, Then I Can Do Anything, Then I Am Comfortable. That's Why It's So Important To Be Surrounded By People That You Really Like.