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Mark Haddon
English Novelist
Born: Sep 26, 1962
Book Good Me People Think You
Related authors: Aldous Huxley Charles Dickens E. M. Forster J. R. R. Tolkien Thomas Hardy William Golding William Makepeace Thackeray
Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable. Mark Haddon
Darkness Comedy Think Humour Though High Rapidly Phrase Unbearable Trivial Perfect Terms Without Becomes Bedfellows Seriousness
I really like the idea of being a bit unpredictable. I'm known for being a nice, easy-going person with a straightforward exterior. So I think a bit of me wants to be sort of sly and devious. Mark Haddon
Me Nice Think Bit Easy-Going Unpredictable Sly Idea Like Devious Known Sort Person Being Wants Straightforward Really Exterior
If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books haven't been wanted. Mark Haddon
You People Second-Hand Books Writer Go Been Trying Wanted Successful Whose Graveyard
Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer. Mark Haddon
Me Science Will Able Give Give Me Never Answer Answers Questions Literature Ask
From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness. Mark Haddon
Good Book Darkness Edge Outer Taken Glimpse Very Want Good Book
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses. Mark Haddon
Happy Childhood Children Happen Happy Childhood Appalling Even Filled Things
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. Mark Haddon
Work Good Writing Secret Out Crossing Good Writing Most The Secret Of
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
You Yourself Book Shoes Else Entertain One Thing Someone Write Put Reader Got The One Thing Them Thing
As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read. Mark Haddon
Great Great Deal Kid Most Read Deal Did Forgotten Fiction
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
Possibilities Jobs Part Partners Begin Debts Escape Fewer Getting Children Fiction Literary Literary Fiction Realise Which Us Speaks
Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene. Mark Haddon
Reading Setting Bore Scene Off Stop Children Room Showing
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
Good Book Think Books Indeed Distinction Bad Some Simply Make Very Children Either
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
Me People Light Situation Difficult Way Extremity Kind Some Disability Throws Very Getting Interesting
I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one. Mark Haddon
Better On The Contrary Only Perform Most Genre Contrary Than Fiction Literary Literary Fiction Mean Novels Functions Two
I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away. Mark Haddon
Hope Me Gay You Writing Remember Become Finally Out Runs Postman Admit Writer No-One Come Like Dentist Being Decide Deciding Who Away
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
You Dog Once Find Through Knew Know Fork Story
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
Myself Writing Thought Innocence Books Easier Could Because Children Them Illustrate Started
I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and interesting. Mark Haddon
Think Too About Seem Small Write Make Within Foreign Still Exotic Interesting
I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut. Mark Haddon
Too Late Too Late Astronaut Eye Born Steam Lazy Never Trains Meant
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
Home You Long Enough Else Type Television Something Something Else Know Go Go Home Stop Worked Thing Enjoying
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
Book Picture Kids Minor Imperfections Feel Picture Book Like Read Bed Least Times Going Often Anything Even Gravel Start
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
You Rare Enjoy Write Put Math Very Get Your Novel Novels Chance
Many children's writers don't have children of their own. Mark Haddon
Own Writers Children Many
Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed. Mark Haddon
Book Will Sunday Unlike Sunday Afternoon Touch Adult Part Put Between Know Most Understand Existed Difference Children Hold Afternoon Them Themselves Even Rainy
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
You Mind Clever Own Insight Thrilling No-One Know How Want Wants Might Your
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
Country Physical About Something Write Writers Feel Like Foreign Still Foreign Country America American Size American Writers
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