Yann Martel Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“May books spread the world over!”

“Most of us get our history through story.”

“My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?”

“The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.”

“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”

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

“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.”

“It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion.”