Yann Martel

I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land. ↗

— Yann Martel

#beautiful #canada #exists #faith #i

I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists. ↗

— Yann Martel

#because #certain #disbelief #help #i

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

— Yann Martel

#fix #i #minds #movies #people

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point. ↗

— Yann Martel

#canadian #four #i #live #more

I am not an autobiographical writer. ↗

— Yann Martel

#autobiographical #i #i am #writer

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling. ↗

— Yann Martel

#cling #faith #fanatics #go #let go

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

#been #book #different #every #failure

Especially if it's a wild animal, I find the readers are intrigued. And if your reader's intrigued right away, you've won half the battle of telling a story." ↗

— Yann Martel

#away #battle #especially #find #half

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

— Yann Martel

#cinema #complete #different #experience #i

Cinema is incredibly concise. ↗

— Yann Martel

#concise #incredibly