Anthony Horowitz famous quotes

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.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Sight #Ideas #Magic

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

#Children #Childhood #Coins

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.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Enemy #Routine

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

#Crowds #Worst #Feels

Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Father #Successful #Library

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Character #Odd #Fame

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.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Believe #People #Negative

I hear it still. As I lay down my pen and take to my bed, I am aware of the bow being drawn across the bridge and the music rises into the night sky. It is far away and barely audible - but there it is! A pizzicato. Then a tremelo. The style is unmistakable. It is Sherlock Holmes who is playing. It must be. I hope with all my heart that he is playing for me . . .
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Heart #Night #Sky

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Writing #Magic #Spy

I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Father #Men #Thinking

I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Writing #Creating #World

I love writing different things.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Writing #Different

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Children #Parent #Literature

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

#Powerful #People #Vision

My father was aloof, very strange and very distant.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Father #Strange #Aloof

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

#Dream #World #Who We Are

You must do what you want.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Want #What You Want

We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Loyalty #Possession #No Money

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

#World

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

#Done #Just Being #Being There

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

#Way #Changed

There are many things in life that cannot be explained.
-- Anthony Horowitz

What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Alex #Hogwarts #Riders

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

#Hate #Winner #Treats

We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#World #Danger #Be Careful

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

#Thinking #Trying #Should

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

#Hurt #Want #Remember

Death is the same for the one who dies.
-- Anthony Horowitz

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

#World #Espionage

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

#Men #Trying #Fats

It's funny how things work out sometimes.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Work Out #Sometimes #Things Work Out

You're my closest friend and you're thousands of miles away.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Miles #Miles Away

Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Couple #Hands #Twists

Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Prayer #Hands #Twists

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

#Stars #Sky #Bird

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Freedom Of Speech #Fundamentals #Speech

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Book #Perfect #Reader

You don't need to be able to string a sentence together in a way that is elegant or even vaguely meaningful to produce a bestseller - as Dan Brown has demonstrated time and again.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Meaningful #Together #Needs

In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Country #Choices #Spy

I vividly remember being 14. That was the age when I started to get happy: I started being a writer and stopped being a loser.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Age #Loser #Remember

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?
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Sadness #Eye #Blow

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.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Thinking #Looks #Reputation

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Book #Writing #One Day

The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try and I achieve.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Latin #School #Italian

What were you going to do with it?” McCain asked. "I just thought it might come in useful.” "Were you planning to attack me?” "No. But that’s a good idea.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Ideas #Might #Planning

For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Men #Judging #Moments

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.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Color #Hardship #Might

When you are rich, people treat you with respect.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#People #Rich #Rich People

We have an hour before we have to leave," Cray said. "So I thought I might tell you a little about myself. I thought it might pass the time." "I'm not really all that interested," Alex said.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Alex #Littles #Might

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.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Couple #Thinking #Eight

You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of the results. I'm not sure I agree. Lots of people work for charity; lots of people want to change the world. But they don't have to behave like you.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Thinking #People #Trying

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Athlete #Self #People

To enjoy something fully, you had to own it.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Enjoy

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Strong #Writing #Twists

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

#Mean #Librarian #Mets

He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Men #Might #Graves

You'd better get onto MI6. They'll be in charge of security at the airport." "Of course." Sir Graham moved toward the door. He stopped and turned around. "And what happens if you're wrong?" he inquired. "What happens if these soccer players do somehow get killed?" Kellner shrugged. "At least we'll know what we're dealing with," he said. "And they lost every single one of their games while they were in Nigeria. I'm sure we can put together another team.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Soccer #Team #Player

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

#Morning #Three #News

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

#Fighting #Monsters #Care

Let me tell you, Alex. He's a crook. He's based here in Miami. He's a nasty piece of work." "He's mexican" Troy added.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Mexican #Crooks #Alex

You're nothing if you're not special.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Special

Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?" "Is that including, or not including you?
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Thinking #Evil #Alex

You must have been going very fast." "I was, until I hit the fence.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Fence

I didn't set fire to the building." "No, but you did pull it into the river." "That put the fire out!
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Fire #Rivers #Building

Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Destiny #Venice #Your Destiny

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

#Moon #Names #People

Believe me, It would be better if we didn't meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you're still a child.
-- Anthony Horowitz

#Children #Believe #School

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

#Horse #Kissing #Offense