What did Mark Haddon mean by: I’ve come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can’t describe. Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom Copy
You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Emotion, Perception, Reality, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Cleverness, Evidence, Innovation, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
Madness doesn’t happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Isolation, Mental health, Shared experiences, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Literature, Questions, Science, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Editing, Perseverance, Writing, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
The secret of contentment lay in ignoring many things completely. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Contentment, Ignorance, Simplicity, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
… why I like timetables, because they make sure I don’t get lost in time. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Efficiency, Organization, Structure, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Haddon, Desire, Possibility, 0 Mark Haddon Author · United Kingdom
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
