Anthony Horowitz Quotes

Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.

You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!" "Yeah.That was me. I set the boat alight." "What?" "I set fire to the boat." "But we're on the boat!" "I know.

Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color; they were convenient excuses now. He had been a psychopath from the start.

Statues lined the stairs and stood, dotted across the roof. But they had been brutalized by time and the weather. Some were missing arms. Many had no faces. Once they had been saints and angels. Two hundred years standing in London had turned them into cripples.

You're never too young to die.

What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider

There's a dream world that we visit sometimes and that's how we found out who we are.

There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.

Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there.

If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.

We live in an age when there is no room for the impossible.

The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd.

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.

A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself.

Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt.

Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!

He died fighting for what he believed in.

I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?

"I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding."

When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.

You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.

Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him speak was a bit like watching a badly dubbed film. "Alex Gardiner," Alex said. "Your real name?" "I just told you." "You lied. Your real name is Alex Rider." "Why ask if you think you know?

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock.

The birds fly in the wrong places and there are too many stars in the sky.

The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed." "I'd have been disappointed too.

Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.” “Alex…,” Carver began. “Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam.

He didn't want to remember anymore. remembering only hurt him... everytime.

He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body...unfortunately he had run out of room.

There are many things in life that cannot be explained.

Some things can't be changed. They'll always happen the way they were supposed to.

There are few things in the world that we don't know. Science has explained everything away.

Do you realise how much trouble you're in?" "Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough.

Nice day for a funeral.

I love writing different things.

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.

Your temperature's normal, though I'd say it's the only thing about you that is.

You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It's all happening the way it was meant to be.

I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed. He'd never spoken a truer word in his life.

I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.

If you think it's hard getting in, you should try getting out.

No offense, but I'd rather kiss the horse.