It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.
Yann MartelSitting in an office for TOO long is not natural, perhaps, so that's why we should change it. I didn't say that out-and-out capitalism, which reduces humanity to dollar figures, is natural.
Yann MartelIn art, something comes of nothing. Out of the thin air and the ether, you create a story. And that is intensely satisfying.
Yann MartelIt is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion.
Yann MartelI wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters, though that too was very moving. I was weeping because ....fill in the blank with whatever/whoever helped you survive... had left me so unceremoniously.
Yann Martel