Mark Haddon Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. September 26, 1962
Birthday: September 26
As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.
source: "'I'm flattered, amazed, deeply moved and sometimes a little dizzy'". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2004. 
topic: Thinking, Numbers, Effort, Waste Of Effort
