I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
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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
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.
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Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.
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I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
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If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance.
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As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.
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