Quotes from Anthony Horowitz

was finished the moment I came to this country,' he said quietly. 'I was twelve years old and I didn't want to be here. Nobody wanted me to be here. I was trash – Romanian trash – and the first chance they got, they threw me in this place and forgot about me. You think anyone will read this letter? You think anyone will care? No! I could die in here.

And just because I'm not standing here tearing out my hair or whatever it is you'd like me to do, it doesn't mean I'm not deeply upset.' He didn't sound deeply upset.

and after arriving in England, he had set himself up as a private detective, helping the police on numerous occasions. He

She's gone, Dad. She was a total cow and she ruined our lives. Neither of us has to pretend any more.

even if God existed He preferred not to listen, and all the stars, crosses and crescent moons in the world would not make an iota of difference.

I sent a car to pick you up at school, Alex. I thought you might like a lift. I didn't expect a declaration of war.

It's been shut down now, part of a brilliant scheme to close half of London's police stations and reduce uniformed officers on the street that has seen a surge in knife crime and made it impossible to use a mobile phone without the risk of it being snatched by thieves on motorbikes.

You're joking. Inspector Morse, Taggart, Lewis, Foyle's War, Endeavour, A Touch of Frost, Luther, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Cracker, Broadchurch and even bloody Maigret and Wallander

It's amazing how quickly it can all fall apart.

RAF pilots used to eat bilberries when they were flying night missions during the war.' I was quite proud of that. It was something I had learned researching Foyle's War.

If each word was a tapestry, it had been spun out of razor wire.

The Korean word for "Korean" is Hanguk-saram and so they called us gooks.

It was my moment in the sun. I tried to remember if I had left anything out. But no, it was all there.

He could be a complete bastard when he wanted to be — which was most of the time, now I come to think about it.

I didn't believe her. There was a nervousness in her eyes. I'd seen it when she held out the telephone for Damian. She'd been afraid he was going to snatch it from her. In fact, she was probably afraid of Damian.

And that's exactly what we did.

in America that the average child sees eight thousand murders before they leave elementary school.

that everything in life had a pattern and that a coincidence was simply the moment when that pattern became briefly visible.

You used me to get back at Grunshaw.' 'I thought you'd be pleased, mate. She's going to have egg all over her face. The Assistant Commissioner isn't going to be pleased.

Only you can help me. Only you can get close to Frederick Gray. And that's why I've come here. Help me find Nightshade. Help me stop whatever it is they're planning. But above all, help me find my children. They're alive. I'm sure of it. Nightshade has them. And only you can help me get them back.

I felt completely out of my depth. There were so many questions I wanted to ask him but at the same time I was afraid of offending him.

Marvel and DC comics dealt with fantastical characters but at least they sent them on recognisable journeys, providing them with origin stories, personal tragedies (the villain Magneto was revealed to be a Holocaust survivor), love affairs, psychological issues, political awakenings and all the rest of it.

I've been faking it all my life. I'm good at it.

British TV would disappear into a dot on the screen without murder.