Mark Haddon Quotes

If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books haven't been wanted.

Mark Haddon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 26, 1962

Topics

PeopleTryingYouGoSuccessful

I did have someone tell me that I looked like Conan O'Brien. I was like, 'What?'

Joel Edgerton

MeSomeoneTellLikeDidLooked

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

Robert Half

WorkTooWorksProvided

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

Jeanette Winterson

DieWillIrrelevantOurShallThen

My greatest influence is Jimi Hendrix, and if he's been reincarnated, or if he's looking down, sideways, or looking up, I just wanted to tell him that I love him and thank him for opening doors for me. I just wanted to make it beautiful for him.

Meshell Ndegeocello

LoveBeautifulMeInfluenceLooking

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.

Stephen Fry

LifeWritingMy LifeTwoDivided

I feel like it's a great opportunity for me to play for the Vikings.

Stefon Diggs

OpportunityGreatMeFeelPlayLike

We need to digitize from the inside of our business, but at the same time, finding the best solutions will require our industry to partner with companies across a wide range of industries.

Soren Skou

BusinessTimeBestPartnerFinding

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

Michael Leunig

LoveSunHorizonLightsBrightOver

I think that there are more opportunities for young women in America than there are in Tanzania. But I also think there are many of the same problems.

Chelsea Clinton

WomenOpportunitiesProblemsThink

This is our world, and we must make the best of it.

Arthur Henderson

BestWorldMustMakeOurOur World

I wanted to move away from Holland for my work because I felt that things would be better for me in England. But when I heard Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures', that pushed me towards making the move and making it real. I met them within 12 days of moving to England.

Anton Corbijn

WorkJoyMeMovingBetterUnknown

Part of the budget should be used to purchase the items that you really need, such as a new coat or boots. Part of the budget should then be set aside to buy things you fall in love with and can't live without.

Aslaug Magnusdottir

LoveLiveBudgetBootsYouFall

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