Fiction that responds to recent world events is a hostage to fortune because all momentous events look very different a year, two years, three years later.
Mark HaddonWhat I love about the theatre is that it's always metaphorical. It's like going back to being a kid again, and we're all pretending in a room. Sometimes, when the pretending really works, I find it much, much more moving than something on film.
Mark Haddon... He had always rather liked emergencies. Other people's at any rate. They put your own problems into perspective. It was like being on a ferry. You didn't have to think about what you had to do or where you had to go for the next few hours. It was all laid out for you.
Mark HaddonI like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.
Mark Haddon