It’s amazing how willpower can build walls.
YANN MARTELThe language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.
More Yann Martel Quotes
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It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go.
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
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As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one.
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I can’t live for more than four years outside of Canada. I’m Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
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Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that’s creation in frenzy.
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Music is a bird’s answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.
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In that, being famous was no different from being gay, or Jewish, or from a visible minority: you are who you are, and then people project onto you some notion they have.
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Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.
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A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.
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I ask you, is it the fig tree’s fault that it’s not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly?
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I can well imagine an athiest’s last words: “White, white! L-L-Love! My God!” – and the deathbed leap of faith.
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I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.
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To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches.
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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn’t love hard to believe?
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Once you’ve been struck by violence, you acquire companions that never leave you entirely: Suspicion, Fear, Anxiety, Despair, Joylessness. The natural smile is taken from you and the natural pleasures you once enjoyed lose their appeal.
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