“A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It'...” — Mark Haddon Quote

“A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot.”

“No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.”

“There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country.”

“At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks.”

“Fiction that responds to recent world events is a hostage to fortune, because all momentous events look very different a year, two years, three years later.”

“... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.”

“If you won every game, which is impossible, then life would be flat and dull.”

“We didn't want to be a po-faced, dull band - we wanted to have fun.”

“I used to tell really boring stories as a child, about my toy panda's nose falling off, or something equally dull.”

“I feel dull when I am unable to see my mother for long. So, when I am in Hyderabad, I spend time with her.”

“On film, I'm very mysterious, but in life I'm very dull.”

“Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?”