Quote by Mark Haddon
I dont remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become

I dont remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away. – Mark Haddon

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Use your imagination, and youll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care. – Mark Haddon

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Writing for children is bloody difficult books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect. – Mark Haddon

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Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer. – Mark Haddon

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Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. – Desmond Tutu

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We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things. – Barbara Bush

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