I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
Mark HaddonCurious Incident is not a book about asperger's....if anything it's a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way. The book is not specifically about any specific disorder.
Mark HaddonChildren simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.
Mark HaddonI've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else.
Mark Haddon