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title: "2 Chair Quotes By Mark Haddon"
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> [When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/when-i-was-writing-for-children-i-was-writing-genre-fiction-it-was/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/mark-haddon-1056_beautiful_when-i-was-writing-for-children-i-was-wr_2291252.jpg)

> [When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/when-i-was-writing-for-children-i-was-writing-genre-fiction-it-was-2/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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## Other authors on Chair

## More by Mark Haddon

> [But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/but-i-said-that-you-could-still-want-something-that-is-very-unlikely/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [“So often these days she seemed to hover between worlds, none of them wholly real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/so-often-these-days-she-seemed-to-hover-between-worlds-none-of-them/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/and-i-know-i-can-do-this-because-i-went-to-london-on-my-own-and/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/and-what-he-meant-was-that-maths-wasn-t-like-life-because-in-life/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [You love someone, you've got to let something go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/you-love-someone-you-ve-got-to-let-something-go/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [“when you describe something by using a word for something that it isn’t. This means that the word metaphor is a metaphor. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/when-you-describe-something-by-using-a-word-for-something-that-it-isn/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [“They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/they-are-very-logical-but-you-could-never-work-out-the-rules-even-if/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [“Places remained and time flowed through them like wind through the grass. Right now. This was the future turning into the past. One thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/places-remained-and-time-flowed-through-them-like-wind-through-the/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [I suffer depression only in the sense that I am a writer. We don't have proper jobs to go to. We are on our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-suffer-depression-only-in-the-sense-that-i-am-a-writer-we-don-t/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-better-make-the-plot-good-i-wanted-to-make-it-grip-people-on-the/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [“And it was strange because he was calling, "Christopher. . . ? Christopher. . . ?" and I could see my name written out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/and-it-was-strange-because-he-was-calling-christopher-christopher-and/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/a-lot-of-roles-for-people-with-disabilities-are-quite-patronising-it/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-do-not-like-strangers-because-i-do-not-like-people-i-have-never-met/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [“Lots of people wrote to the magazine to say that Marilyn vos Savant was wrong, even when she explained very carefully why she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/lots-of-people-wrote-to-the-magazine-to-say-that-marilyn-vos-savant/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

> [I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-read-very-very-little-fiction-as-a-kid-all-the-books-i-can-remember/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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