I Don't Watch Many Comic-book Movies. But

A Cat Can Never Be Well-trained Because They're Too Independent.

The Most Exciting Time Is When I Think Of An Idea And How I Imagine I Can Make It. It Would Be Wonderful If There Was A Projector Inside My Eye That And It Could Just Put The Idea On The Screen For People To See.

Well, I Would Have Much Preferred To Have Had A Normal Childhood. I Would Have Loved It If My Greatest Dilemma, At 14, Was Whether To Go To Benetton For My Pullovers. I Would Have Preferred Not To Have Cried All The Tears I Have Cried.

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.

Writing Is Not For Me. I Completely Lose My Sense Of Humor When I Write. I Become Extremely Pathetic, Very Sensational. Images Give Me Possibilities That I Don't Have With Words.