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If I didn't have children, I think my life would be a failure.

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I write slowly.

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Most of us get our history through story.

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Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.

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'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

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I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist.

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The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.

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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.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: June 25th, 1963

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