Mark Haddon Quotes

I see the world as an adventure thriller and a voyage of discovery. To me, all lives are lives of mystery and secrecy, and that's what I write about.

There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

Savor the mystery, Stephen, we don't get enough of them.

I've always had a fascination for everything surrounding things that are unexplainable. Not surprising that my first movie was a horror film, even though, of course, at the time I had no experience writing horror music.

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.

We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.

Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity.

The unknown is always interesting.

If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?

I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don't know at all what you're going to find there. That can be thrilling when you read a book, especially when you're a kid and you're reading stories.

Darkness is full of possibility.

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.

Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.

I'm so curious about knowing the unknown; it can be scary, but I see it as a game.

I'm always looking for the potential mystery in everything; I can't imagine writing about anything else.

I know what it's like to be genuinely intrigued and compelled by a story and to have a sense that there's an adventure to be had and a film to be conjured.

The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.

I like doing thrillers.

I just love the idea of never seeing a city before and seeing the glow in the distance, and it just looking frightening, like you're driving into a fire.

I think fantasy thrillers excite audiences as, inherently, people have a fascination for the unknown and the unexplained.

I will say this: 'Gravity Falls' is a show about mystery, that itch you get when you're curious. That itself is a really cool, inspiring thing.