#w

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

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

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

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that . ↗

— Diana Ross

#articles #cried #criticism #even #hold

I am not an autobiographical writer. ↗

— Yann Martel

#autobiographical #i #i am #writer

I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist. ↗

— Yann Martel

#event #give #i #life #looking

If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested. ↗

— Yann Martel

#film #i #interested #might #project

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

— Yann Martel

#failure #i #i think #life #my life

In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome. ↗

— Yann Martel

#array #big #big cities #cities #endless

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. ↗

— Yann Martel

#bullets #fashion #grenades #i #long