I'm really interested in the extraordinary found in the normal. Hopefully, my books don't take you to an entirely different place but make you look at things around you. Mark Haddon bookextraordinaryfind Change image and share on social
I've always really enjoyed writing different things because I get bored very easily. Mark Haddon boreeasilyenjoy Change image and share on social
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
Many children's writers don't have children of their own. Mark Haddon childwriter Change image and share on social
Fiction that responds to recent world events is a hostage to fortune, because all momentous events look very different a year, two years, three years later. Mark Haddon eventfictionfortune Change image and share on social
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
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 thought Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' was remarkable. Managing to be entertaining while still delivering all that hard science was a pretty good trick to pull off. Mark Haddon billbrysondeliver 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
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
