As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.
Mark HaddonWhen I was 13 or 14, I started devouring novels; literature took quite a while to take me over, but it caught up just in time to save me from becoming a mathematician.
Mark HaddonMost murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of your own family on Christmas day.
Mark HaddonPayments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing?
Mark Haddon