#par

Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#between #book #children #difference #even

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. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#children #debts #escape #fewer #fiction

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not. ↗

— William Hague

#over #people #prepared #see #time

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#irony #layers #paradox #simple #surface

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

#adult #bloody #books #children #complex

There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#come #conservatory #different #different parts #england

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#city #coming #i #multimedia #music

I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#i #married #our #same #secret

I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#couple #i #last #par #shows

If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball. ↗

— Larry Hagman

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