Graphic Novels Are Not Traditional Literature, But

Teacher: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Marji: I'll Be A Prophet.

We Can Only Feel Sorry For Ourselves When Our Misfortunes Are Still Supportable. Once This Limit Is Crossed, The Only Way To Bear The Unbearable Is To Laugh At It.

Life Is Too Short To Be Lived Badly.

With Live-action I Think We'd Have Lost The Universal Appeal Of The Persepolis Story. With Live-action, It Would Have Turned Into A Story Of 'the Other' - People Living In A Distant Land Who Don't Look Like Us. It Might Have Been Exotic, But Also A "third-world" Story.

Graphic Novels Are Not Traditional Literature, But That Does Not Mean They Are Second-rate. Images Are A Way Of Writing. When You Have The Talent To Be Able To Write And To Draw, It Seems A Shame To Choose One. I Think It's Better To Do Both.