Mark Haddon
I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.
-Mark Haddon
hope
Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care.
-Mark Haddon
imagination
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.
-Mark Haddon
respect
Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.
-Mark Haddon
science
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