It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, a…

- Yann Martel

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

I can only tell my story, what you believe is up to you.

- Yann Martel

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.

- Yann Martel

Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.

- Yann Martel

Don’t worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic.

- Yann Martel

I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

- Yann Martel

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

- Yann Martel

Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to emotional and…

- Yann Martel