Quotes by Mark Haddon

As a kid, I didnt read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read. (Mark Haddon)

B is for bestseller. (Mark Haddon)

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)

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)

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)

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know theres a story there. (Mark Haddon)

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought theyd be easier. (Mark Haddon)

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)

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)

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant Id never be an astronaut. (Mark Haddon)