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Mark Haddon quotes about reading

English Novelist September 26, 1962

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If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book..."
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. Mark Haddon
Siobhan said that when you are writing a book you have to include some descriptions of things. I said that I could take photographs and put them in the book. But she said the idea of a book was to describe things using words so that people could read them and make a picture in their own head. Mark Haddon
Reading is primarily a symptom. Of a healthy imagination, of our interest in this and other worlds, of our ability to be still and quiet, of our ability to dream during daylight. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've..."
As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction..."
Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for..."
Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene. Mark Haddon

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