Anthony Horowitz Quotes - Page 2

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

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

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?

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.

It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world. - Dr. Grief

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

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.

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

When are you at your most defenseless?

Alan Blunt got in touch with me and asked me to put you up here for the rest of the week, to pretend that you're my son. I have to say, you don't look anything like me." "I don't look anything like myself either," Alex said.

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

My father was aloof, very strange and very distant.

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.

He looked from the phone to the unconscious figure of the Salesman. "What did you do to him?" he asked. "He got the wrong number," Alex said.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

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.

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

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right.

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

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.

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.

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.

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

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

He died fighting for what he believed in.