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Yann Martel

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

— Yann Martelfailure

"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 Martelfailure

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

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

— Yann Martelfaith

"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."

— Yann Martelimagination

"I'm still learning my craft."

— Yann Martellearning

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

-Yann Martel

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"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

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

-Yann Martel

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

-Yann Martel

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"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."

-Yann Martel

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"I'm still learning my craft."

-Yann Martel

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

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

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"How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence."

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

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