Amazing response to criticism:
"The only unhelpful reaction is the non-reaction, the shrug," he says. "You either want something to be positive or negative. You don't want indifference, because that means you haven't stirred them in any way."
Yann Martel, the author of Life of Pi has received negative criticism from many of the acclaimed critics for his new novel, Beatrice and Virgil ("So dull, so misguided, so pretentious that only the prospect of those millions of Pi fans could secure the interest of major publishers and a multimillion-dollar advance."- Michiko Kakutani) . Yann Martel has also responded,
""You have to listen. I don't read every single review carefully -- good or bad -- but generally the way a work of art is received is part of the dialogue of art, so that's important. I don't live or die by it."
