When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable. Mark Haddon beautifulchairchild share on social
I think one of the things you have to learn if you're going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups of people. Mark Haddon believablecharactercreate Change image and share on social
I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself. Mark Haddon backembarrasshard Change image and share on social
I've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else. Mark Haddon enjoyhavehome Change image and share on social
That's important to me, to find the extraordinary inside the ordinary. Mark Haddon extraordinaryfindimportant Change image and share on social
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. Mark Haddon bookconversationgood Change image and share on social
If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance. Mark Haddon chanceenjoyleap Change image and share on social
Madness doesn't happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone. Mark Haddon experiencehappenmadness Change image and share on social
With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine. Mark Haddon bitecalculationcrash Change image and share on social
Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen. Mark Haddon austenbookbore Change image and share on social
