Innovation Quote by Yann Martel

Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?

— Yann Martel

So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?"…

— Yann Martel

“The word isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it,…

— Yann Martel

“Writing is more about discovery than invention.”

— Diane Setterfield

“Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.”

— Lisa Alther

“Every significant invention must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared…

— Anonymous

“Everybody must have a story. For those who don't, we need to invent one.”

— Håkan Nesser

“The inventor...looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to…

— Alexander Graham Bell

“Maybe the world isn't enough, or maybe the distinction between the world and fiction is not so clear. Fiction is made from the stuff…

— Siri Hustvedt

“It's not about inventing, it's about saying it best.”

— Wendy Potocki

“We have nothing but a history of our own invention to support this view. It suits us to believe it. It allows us to…

— Bernard Beckett

“Without imagination, there’s no power to visualize what we have never experienced... and without that, there can be no progress, no invention.”

— Max Allan Collins