Mark Haddon Quotes
I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.
Quotes to Explore
-
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
-
We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
-
Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
-
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
-
I'm an artist at heart.
-
I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It was really just a hustle. But I was kind of raised to work like that, so to me, it seemed very normal and natural.
-
One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished the revolution, that there was still a great deal of uncertainty. That uncertainty has made Libya harder for business in terms of oil and other things as well.
-
In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
-
I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
-
I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
-
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
-
It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
-
I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
-
This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
-
I always take a cashmere blanket, and I have pictures of my family in my passport holder.
-
I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
-
Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
-
I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
-
I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.
-
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year.
-
I love to sew. But when it's something that's being repetitive over and over and over again, it takes a toll.
-
Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.
-
Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.
-
I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.
