top of page
.png){kind=small}
Exlpore more Life quotes
"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
Personal Development
"The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency."
"To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!"
"Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess."
"If you want people to enter your world, you don't need to invite them; just keep your door open and keep your thoughts plain!"
Explore more quotes by Mark Haddon
"From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness."
"Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene."
"I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier."
"I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad."
"Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed."
"I've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else."
"Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect."
"Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person."
bottom of page