Many children's writers don't have children of their own. Mark Haddon childwriter Change image and share on social
You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real. Mark Haddon feelfilmhope Change image and share on social
For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people. Mark Haddon difficultdisabilityextremity Change image and share on social
There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country. Mark Haddon americaamericancountry Change image and share on social
I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation. Mark Haddon constantcycleeffort Change image and share on social
My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make a print! Mark Haddon daydistillationmake Change image and share on social
No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own. Mark Haddon cleverinsightmind Change image and share on social
At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks. Mark Haddon beginchilddebt Change image and share on social
I think good books have to make a few people angry. Mark Haddon angrybookgood Change image and share on social