I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe. Mark Haddon describegoodhave Change image and share on social
I'm a writer! If you work in an office, it dampens you. It makes you fit a routine. The effect of being a writer is not dissimilar to being long-term unemployed. And everyone knows that is not good for you. Mark Haddon dampendissimilareffect share on social
Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care. Mark Haddon careexaminehumdrum Change image and share on social
As a teenager, I was always this strange mixture of kind of vice-captain of the rugby team and sensitive artist type the rest of the time. I was sent away to this public school in the middle of nowhere, and I think we managed to completely miss out on normal youth culture. Mark Haddon artistcaptaincompletely share on social
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses. Mark Haddon appallchildchildhood Change image and share on social
I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in the middle, as there is, and construct the whole thing like a roller coaster ride. Mark Haddon bigcoasterconstruct Change image and share on social
I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and interesting. Mark Haddon exoticforeigninterest Change image and share on social
If you came from Mars and tried to analyse British or American society through novels, you'd think our society was preponderantly full of middle-aged, slightly alcoholic, middle-class, intellectual men, most of whom are divorced from their families and have nothing to do with children. Mark Haddon agealcoholicamerican share on social
Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed. Mark Haddon badbookchild Change image and share on social
I think Britain has this tradition which suggests that if you make the readers laugh too much, you can't really be serious. Whereas, I think one of the functions laughter can perform in a book, as in life, is that it's a reaction to genuine horror. Mark Haddon bookbritainfunction share on social
