Then he asked if I didn’t like things changing. And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I am really interested in eccentric minds. It's rather like being fascinated by how cars work. It's really boring if your car… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be.… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
He was asking too many questions and he was asking them too quickly. They were stacking up in my head like loaves… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“So often these days she seemed to hover between worlds, none of them wholly real.” — 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 was brave… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“And it was strange because he was calling, "Christopher. . . ? Christopher. . . ?" and I could see my name written out… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
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 Image
