I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Lots of things are mystries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Mother used to say that it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Siobhan also says that if you close your mouth and breathe out loudly through your nose it can mean that you are… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And Father said, "Christopher, do you understand that I love you?" And I said "Yes," because loving someone is helping them when… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And this shows that people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth. And it shows that… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And when you look at the sky you know you are looking at stars which are hundreds and thousands of light-years away… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
The word "metaphor" means carrying something from one place to another . . . and it is when you describe something by… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. — Mark Haddon Copy Share
“So often these days she seemed to hover between worlds, none of them wholly real.” — Mark Haddon Copy Share
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… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end — Mark Haddon Copy Share
“when you describe something by using a word for something that it isn’t. This means that the word metaphor is a metaphor. I” — Mark Haddon Copy Share
“They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.” — Mark Haddon Copy Share
“Places remained and time flowed through them like wind through the grass. Right now. This was the future turning into the past. One thing… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
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… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
“And it was strange because he was calling, "Christopher. . . ? Christopher. . . ?" and I could see my name written out… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
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… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand. — Mark Haddon Copy Share
“Lots of people wrote to the magazine to say that Marilyn vos Savant was wrong, even when she explained very carefully why she was… — Mark Haddon Copy Share
I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books. — Mark Haddon Copy Share
