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Yann Martel Quotes

If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: canadian
Birth: June 25, 1963

Topics

You Rules Write Follow Fiction Them

Whether you're a mafia guy or in advertising, you always end up going back to your family.

Jerry Della Femina

Family Advertising End You Back Up

I think 'Shameless' is more of an everyman's show, whereas as great as I think 'Girls' is, it's got a smaller audience.

Jeremy Allen White

Great Think More Audience Got Show

I always want to be a part of ensembles. Besides it feeling safer, I think it's a more fun environment to work in. To have a bunch of people collaborating on something, it takes the pressure off of each individual.

Work Fun People Think Pressure Want

As writers, you spend so long trying to build your cred as a writer, and then everything comes together at the same time: your artist career happens when your songwriter career is, too.

Time Together You Artist Career

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

Control Debate Country Crisis Bring

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

Problem You Begin Confront Solve

It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.

Good Reading You Dangerous Know How

I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Great Day Dance Go One Day Pleasure

I love talking about clothes with women; it's like a code because women dress for women.

Love Women Dress Talking Clothes

I really love visiting schools - in fact, that's my favorite part of being an author now - even though I still get stage fright! When I visit schools, I know I'm going to be talking to some kids who don't like to read.

Love Talking Know Now Stage Going

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.

Good Best Together Religion War

So what's really behind the 'English Only' Movement? Fear. Fear of being taken over and one day they will have to learn something different. Heaven forbid they would have to learn something new.

Fear Day Learn Heaven New One Day

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