I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to someone else to unwrap. It just doesn't work like that. -Mark Haddon Poetry
I am really interested in eccentric minds. It's rather like being fascinated by how cars work. It's really boring if your car works all the time. But as soon as something happens, you get the bonnet up. If someone has an abnormal or dysfunctional state of mind, you get the bonnet up. -Mark Haddon Car
Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like those moments where people half-smile and half-wince. -Mark Haddon Funny
Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care. -Mark Haddon Imagination
