Author: Yann Martel

Quotes

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

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

Most of us get our history through story.

Most of us get our history through story.

- Yann Martel

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

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

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

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

Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.

Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.

- 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

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