Mark Haddon Quotes

If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.

Mark Haddon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BookYouDoneWantHorrorWrite

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

Jim Harrison

BookReviewBuyBecauseReadRarely

What we want to see is a long term future for Grangemouth.

Jim Ratcliffe

FutureLongWantSeeLong TermTerm

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

John Boyd Orr

HopeWarThinkWorstAgreementVain

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Jean Rostand

DayPartyThreeTrueOrderOneself

I want to be cutting-edge.

Missy Elliott

WantCutting-Edge

Joan Didion's 'The Year of Magical Thinking' comes to mind as an example of a piece of media that I really respect and would hope to emulate: just her courage in looking at her husband's death and the attentiveness that she has in how she looks at it, and the unflinching gaze that she communicates from looking into death.

Lucy Dacus

HopeCourageRespectDeathMind

After I arrived in Mountain View, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, I entered sixth grade and quickly grew to love my new home, family and culture. I discovered a passion for language, though it was hard to learn the difference between formal English and American slang.

Jose Antonio Vargas

FamilyLoveHomePassionCulture

I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.

Dikembe Mutombo

FamilyPoliticsI AmTryNever

I grew up listening to Mary J. Blige's music. When I initially met her, it was like, 'Oh, wow. I'm meeting this woman whose music was the soundtrack of my college years.'

Dee Rees

MusicWomanCollegeListeningUp

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

Christopher Dawson

LanguageUnderstandingObstacle

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

Anthony Albanese

DailyGovernmentConstitutionRole

I was in character all the time when I was little.

Allison Williams

CharacterTimeLittle

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