Yann Martel Quotes

It's possible that Israel will be my second home, but it won't be my only home.

I'm fully English, but Portugal is my home.

I did have a chance to box for Pakistan, but I've lived here all my life, gone to school; all my coaches and everyone's here, and I feel English.

I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.

I was born in India - but never really lived there.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I want to clear this once and for all. I was born in Hong Kong. I grew up in Japan and China. London is not home for me. I was there only for three years before I moved to India, but that's probably why I am connected with it. London is definitely not the place I consider my home. It's India that I consider home.

I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile.

I was born in Peru, and we moved to Scotland when I was 15, but I've not lived here for a long time. But I would always say that I am Scottish, and Scotland is as close to a home as I have.

I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.

I don't have a place anywhere but Australia; I just don't spend much time there.

They've lived here now for more than half of their lives, and they raised a family here and now have grandchildren here... It has become their home, but at the same time, for my parents, I don't think either of them will ever consciously think, 'I am an American.'

Of course, our roots are in Germany, it always will be the feeling of home.

I've lived all my life in the U.S., but to be brutally honest, I don't really have any ties to the country apart from my mum and dad. Most of the rest of my family live in the Stockport area, and I've always related more to that side of my background.

When people ask me where I'm from, I say I'm from the Sudan. But when they ask what my hometown is, I say London. It's where I lived, and it's where my whole family lived.

I was born in England, but India is the only place I feel at home.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

I look at Canada like a second home.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

I cannot live anywhere else except India.

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was.

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

In general, I have felt more at home in the U.S. than I ever felt in England.