Author: Yann Martel

Quotes

If I didn't have children, I think my life would be a failure.

If I didn't have children, I think my life would be a failure.

- Yann Martel

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

- Yann Martel

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

- Yann Martel

I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist.

I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist.

- Yann Martel

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

- Yann Martel

I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.

I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.

- Yann Martel

Most of us get our history through story.

Most of us get our history through story.

- Yann Martel

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.

- Yann Martel

You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time.

You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time.

- Yann Martel

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