“Lots of people wrote to the magazine to say that Marilyn vos Savant was wrong, even when she explained very carefully why… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I thought Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' was remarkable. Managing to be entertaining while still delivering all that hard… — 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
Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer. — 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
Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts, just like they discovered electricity, which explained lightning, and it might be something about… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“And it is funny because economists are not real scientists, and because logicians think more clearly, but mathematicians are best.” — 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
