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Books Quotes by Mark Haddon
- Books are like people. Some look deceptively attractive from a distance, some deceptively unappealing; some are easy company, some demand hard work that isn’t guaranteed…
- Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.
- The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted…
- Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.
- Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very…
- I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.
- I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
- I think good books have to make a few people angry.
- I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
- Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen.
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