Marjane Satrapi Quotes

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

I think it would be terrific if everybody was alike.

That which is to be most desired in America is oneness and not sameness. Sameness is the worst thing that could happen to the people of this country. To make all people the same would lower their quality, but oneness would raise it.

It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.

I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.

The girl next door isn't necessarily blonde and blue-eyed anymore. So I don't feel like I need to morph into that all-American thing.

We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.

Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than of face and stature.

The curse of the human race is not that we are so different from each other, but that we are so alike.

I don't want to say that we are the world in that we are not distinct from each other. I want to say that the humanity that is our foundation is common, but my culture, my beliefs, my values, what makes me sing and what makes me happy and the language I speak in and the relationships I have in the world are distinctive.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.

Diversity is what makes life interesting.

The NFL is made up of 1,800 players, guys from different religious backgrounds, different upbringings. I love Peyton Manning. But I don't want 1,800 Peyton Mannings in the NFL.

When I met scientists, I found them to be as various as any other group of people.

There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.

I think people are universal.

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

I'm unique - a cosmopolitan mix.

I think if everyone looked the same, it would be a bit boring.

There is only one woman in the world. One woman, with many faces.