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The planet is populated by human beings, of which there are only two sexes, and the role of the writer is to explore otherness, other realities. So the idea of a man exploring what it's like to be a woman doesn't strike me as being that wild or crazy an idea.

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island.
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We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.
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For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.
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What works in a story is very different than what works in cinema. For example, dialogue in books: If you translate it too faithfully, it sounds a little stilted, because we often don't speak the way we speak in novels. Oral language is much punchier, shorter sentences.
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Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? ... The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life.
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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.
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The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.
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My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described.
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How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?
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My greatest wish - other than salvation - was to have a book.
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I go to mass every Sunday, but love going to mosques too. Muslims pray in a beautiful way.
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To me, the research is a way of exploring what it means to be alive.
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Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts.
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The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering. I should turn to God
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