People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, 'I don't like you,' unless that person has been horrible to you.
Mark HaddonIf one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.
Mark HaddonI read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.
Mark Haddon