Mark Haddon Quotes

Author Image

Mark Haddon

Profession : Novelist

Birth : September 26, 1962

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

My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make a print!

Mark Haddon

One of the freedoms you get if you earn a lot of money from a book is to throw away what you want. And if you throw a lot away, the good stuff always comes back; nothing is lost.

Mark Haddon

Madness doesn't happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone.

Mark Haddon