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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.