Interview with Satrapi 7/18

Root’s interview with Satrapi is very interesting. It seems as though Satrapi was being real. Most people try to cover up how they really feel when in an interview just so we aren’t given their real feelings towards what the interviewer was asking. I find it interesting that Satrapi says she’s a terrible writer and the only way to really express herself is to draw out what she wants to say. She talks about how she uses the language of words and the language of image. They talked about the meaning of truth. I had heard much about the fictional book A Million Little Pieces by James Frey and find it comical as to how Satrapi find truth. She just watches the Fox News instead if talking to people and listening to what they have to say about “truth.” She talks about how every book is a story, no matter how personal it is. You should keep the truth to yourself and incorporate it in a story. By doing so, only the writer knows what’s true about the piece they are writing. I found it odd how Satrapi also talks about how no one is perfect, yet she seems so real and down to earth. She really elaborates on the fact that no one should be ashamed of their imperfections because they are what make us human beings. I think that’s the most important thing about being a writer: realizing that work is never going to be perfect, you are never going to be perfect no matter how much you think you are. At what time in Satrapi’s life did she realize that no one is perfect? And has she been honest with herself when writing her books if truth should be kept to oneself because it’s too personal?