If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times, and their parents are going to have to read it with them. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed. Mark Haddon bedbookfeel share on social
A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot. Mark Haddon disabilitydramadull 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
Obviously I have a capacity for feeling extreme anxiety, and there are people out there who don't. I'm to some extent rather jealous of them. Mark Haddon anxietycapacityextent 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
I have very fond memories of swimming in Walden Pond when we lived in Boston. You'd swim past a log and see all these turtles sunning themselves. Slightly disturbing if you thought about how many more were swimming around your toes, but also rather wonderful. Mark Haddon bostondisturbfond 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
