Yann Martel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“Cinema is incredibly concise.”

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

“A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.”

“Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.”

“The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I'm still learning my craft.”