I Realized Then That I Didn't Understand

I'm A Very Individualistic Person. That Is Why I Don't Belong To Any Political Party Or Anything. I Really Believe In Justice And Freedom.

When You Make A Book Or You Make A Movie, It Is Almost Like Hitting On Somebody. It's Not Because You Want To Seduce People That You Will Seduce Them; You Can Hit On Somebody And It Doesn't Work. But When You Hit On Them And It Works, Then It's Really Cool.

Anything That Has A Relationship With Pleasure We Reject It. Eating, They Talk About Cholesterol; Making Love, They Talk About Aids; You Talk About Smoking, They Talk About Cancer. It's A Very Sick Society That Rejects Pleasure.

I Hate This Word 'graphic Novel.' It Is A Term Publishing Houses Have Created For The Bourgeois So They Wouldn't Be Ashamed Of Buying Comics... I'm Not A Graphic Novelist. I Am A Cartoonist And I Make Comics And I Am Very Happy About It.

The Novels Have Done So Well Because The Drawings Are Abstract, Black-and-white. This Adds To The Universality Of The Story. "persepolis" Also Has Dreamlike Moments, And The Drawings Help Maintain Cohesion And Consistency.