Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.

More Quotes by Yann Martel

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

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.

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.

I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.