I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was... →
Margaret Haddix
There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.
I'm really interested in the extraordinary found in the normal. Hopefully, my books don't take you to an entirely different place but make... →
Mark Haddon
Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.
I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books haven't been... →
Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the... →
It took me a long time to come out as someone who doesn't like film. It's a bit like when people say they don't like books: you get that... →
Jon Ronson makes me laugh. I've read all of his books.
Bill Hader