If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested. Yann Martel filminterestproject Change image and share on social
A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality. Yann Martel completelygreathard Change image and share on social
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 anonymityarraybig share on social
Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies. Yann Martel audiencecinemacomplete Change image and share on social
A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe. Yann Martel describeimagemovie Change image and share on social
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 extentfictionimagination Change image and share on social
Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea. Yann Martel bookbrilliantcenter Change image and share on social
I am not an autobiographical writer. Yann Martel autobiographicalwriter Change image and share on social
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 bookbulletfashion Change image and share on social