Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves. Mark Haddon escapefindlearn Change image and share on social
I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books. Mark Haddon bookfictionjunior Change image and share on social
Show me the artist anywhere who's had an utterly stable mental life, and I'll buy you hot dinners for the rest of your life. Mark Haddon artistbuydinner Change image and share on social
Stories about mental aberration and oddity only make sense in context. Just how do people live with someone who is peculiar, gifted, strange or alien? It's odd because there's a little part of me that wants to write about exotic, strange bizarre subjects. Instead, I've rather reluctantly realised that what I write about is families. Mark Haddon aberrationalienbizarre share on social