Mark Haddon Quotes

I always thought I'd eventually learn how to draw really well, and despite constant evidence to the contrary, I just kept on trying. If you're too good at anything, you don't have to think about the process, whereas I feel like I spend my life with my head under the bonnet, trying to understand how everything works.

Mark Haddon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodThinkThoughtLearnYou

I'm super organized, but a horrible house cleaner.

Angie Harmon

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I think a lot of jobs, with that additional artificial intelligence, we can augment human capabilities and impact.

Jean-Philippe Courtois

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Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House.

Sidney Blumenthal

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We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

Tom Brown, Jr.

CourageDriveOwlWillSpiritSize

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

Roald Dahl

PeopleWritingPlaceDifferent People

We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'.

Roscoe Bartlett

CultureYourselfEnergyBetterYou

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

Mitch Gaylord

PressureLearnYouPrettyCompetitor

Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you.

Jonah Goldberg

SupportWinningSpeakYouMoral

People often ask whether I consider myself successful. I don't yet, because there's so much more I want to accomplish. I put more pressure on myself than anyone else can.

David Ulevitch

MyselfPeoplePressureAccomplish

I have gotten better at saying to myself, 'Relax and just take this moment in. Appreciate it for what it is.'

Chris Carmack

MyselfMomentRelaxSayingBetter

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

Christina Milian

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Whereas I used to get depressed or neurotic or dwell on things, I see my son's bright eyes and smile in the morning, and suddenly, I don't feel like I'm depressed anymore. There's nothing to be depressed about when you've got that.

Corey Feldman

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