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Mark Haddon Quotes

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it’s going to make them a better person Picture Quote #1

Madness doesn’t happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone Picture Quote #1

You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real Picture Quote #1

I like poetry when I don’t quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn’t just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to someone else to unwrap. It just doesn’t work like that Picture Quote #1

What I love about the theatre is that it’s always metaphorical. It’s like going back to being a kid again, and we’re all pretending in a room. Sometimes, when the pretending really works, I find it much, much more moving than something on film Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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When I was 13 or 14, I started devouring novels; literature took quite a while to take me over, but it caught up just in time to save me from becoming a mathematician Picture Quote #1

As a kid, I didn’t read a great deal of fiction, and I’ve forgotten most of what I did read Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people Picture Quote #1

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From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness Picture Quote #1

I am atheist in a very religious mould. I’m always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there’s a story there Picture Quote #1

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they’d be easier Picture Quote #1

I think most writers feel like they’re on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us Picture Quote #1

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I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I’d never be an astronaut Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else Picture Quote #1

I’ve written 16 children’s books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad Picture Quote #1

If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed Picture Quote #1

If one book’s done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There’s that horror of the second novel that doesn’t match up Picture Quote #1

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it’s very rare that you’ll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance Picture Quote #1

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Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing Picture Quote #1

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer Picture Quote #1

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else’s shoes. The reader’s shoes. You’ve got to entertain them Picture Quote #1

I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don’t embarrass myself Picture Quote #1

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Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it’s going to make them a better person (Mark Haddon Quotes) Madness doesn’t happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone (Mark Haddon Quotes) You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real (Mark Haddon Quotes) I like poetry when I don’t quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn’t just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to someone else to unwrap. It just doesn’t work like that (Mark Haddon Quotes) What I love about the theatre is that it’s always metaphorical. It’s like going back to being a kid again, and we’re all pretending in a room. Sometimes, when the pretending really works, I find it much, much more moving than something on film (Mark Haddon Quotes) 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 Quotes) When I was 13 or 14, I started devouring novels; literature took quite a while to take me over, but it caught up just in time to save me from becoming a mathematician (Mark Haddon Quotes) As a kid, I didn’t read a great deal of fiction, and I’ve forgotten most of what I did read (Mark Haddon Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness (Mark Haddon Quotes) I am atheist in a very religious mould. I’m always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them (Mark Haddon Quotes) 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 Quotes) I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there’s a story there (Mark Haddon Quotes) I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they’d be easier (Mark Haddon Quotes) I think most writers feel like they’re on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us (Mark Haddon Quotes) I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I’d never be an astronaut (Mark Haddon Quotes) I’ve worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else (Mark Haddon Quotes) I’ve written 16 children’s books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad (Mark Haddon Quotes) If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed (Mark Haddon Quotes) If one book’s done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There’s that horror of the second novel that doesn’t match up (Mark Haddon Quotes) If you enjoy math and you write novels, it’s very rare that you’ll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance (Mark Haddon Quotes) Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing (Mark Haddon Quotes) My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it (Mark Haddon Quotes) 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 Quotes) Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer (Mark Haddon Quotes) The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else’s shoes. The reader’s shoes. You’ve got to entertain them (Mark Haddon Quotes) I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don’t embarrass myself (Mark Haddon Quotes)

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