Mark Haddon Quotes

I'm a writer! If you work in an office, it dampens you. It makes you fit a routine. The effect of being a writer is not dissimilar to being long-term unemployed. And everyone knows that is not good for you.

Mark Haddon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkGoodYouRoutineOfficeBeing

For me, Minneapolis will always have a special place in my heart.

Mayte Garcia

HeartMePlaceSpecialWillAlways

I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.

Robert Plant

NameBandAlwaysBigGotWanted

I never read any fairy tales or classics until I was an adult; all we ever had was comics... No television, either. If we wanted entertainment, we hung around the fish shop.

Michael Foreman

FishTelevisionNeverFairyAdult

If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.

Stella Young

MeLookingInterestingSayEveryone

There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

AgeLiePeopleThinkYouOver

I listen to everything.

Skitch Henderson

ListenEverything

I've always treated money with respect, but I don't really think about money - I try to avoid it, because I don't like what money does to people. I find if you get too much money involved, people get corrupted.

RJ Mitte

RespectMoneyPeopleThinkYouFind

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

Mason Cooley

GreedInnocenceLustMoreGullible

I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

Micky Dolenz

NeverAwardsAnythingHonestBeen

My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.

Michael Shannon

MeYouSayBecomeInsideSee

I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.

Miranda Kerr

GirlI AmMeRoseFeelBad

You're living your life the entire time in both worlds - it's not like they say, 'Action' and you're like, 'Here we go, we're in this thing,' because that's where bad acting comes from.

Lucas Hedges

LifeTimeActionYouBadActing

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