Mark Haddon Quotes

I think most writers feel like they're on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us.

Mark Haddon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeLookingThinkFeelOutsideUs

I am a very fortunate man, and I don't take it for granted.

Joe Mantello

ManI AmTakeFortunateVeryAm

Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare - something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state - something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

GodTruthManThoughtRealityHuman

I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'

Jo Brand

PeopleMovingThinkLaughSomeone

Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

John C. Reilly

LifeFunPeopleMeMy LifeDoing

I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.

Robert Jordan

EffortThinkWorthYouBadChoice

There's an excellent movie we have on TCM called 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue,' which was originally going to be directed by Frank Capra... but just before he was going to start working on it, he came across this story called 'The Greatest Gift.' And that turned into 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

Robert Osborne

LifeStartGiftStoryGreatest Gift

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.

John Podhoretz

JobPresidencyElectoral

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Simone de Beauvoir

AgeChildUpAdultBlown

In another time, another world, each studio made 200 movies a year and had 20 executives. Today, a studio makes less than 20 movies a year and has 500 executives. They own too many parking decks and too many billboard companies. They're awash in overhead, and it's pinning them down, and they know it.

Mike Binder

TodayTimeWorldYearDownKnow

I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the wealth of high-profile actresses - don't say I'm an 'actor.' That's a bit too modern.

Miriam Margolyes

RichWealthSayActorLandModern

It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.

Chesley Sullenberger

HopeJobPeopleFaceSeriouslyTake

I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of presenting work has always been a source of angst for me.

Anohni

WorkMeUncomfortableMy OwnStage

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