Quotes from Anthony Horowitz

We're meant to be friends but you never tell me anything.

When you are rich, people treat you with respect.

Come join me for some tea so we can discuss how your giong to die

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.

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

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.

You weren't in any real danger. We knew exactly where you were all the time.

Everything in life has a pattern and a coincidence is simply the moment when the pattern becomes briefly visible.

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.

We only see what we want to see.

They didn't just live with secrets. Secrecy surrounded their entire lives.

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.

To enjoy something fully, you had to own it.

Death is the same for the one who dies.

When are you at your most defenseless?

Rumours and malicious gossip are like bindweed. They cannot be cut back, even with the sword of truth. I can, however, offer you this comfort. Given time, they will wither and die of their own volition.

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

We all make choices, Cossack. Who we are in this world, what we do in it. Generous or selfish. Happy or sad. Good or evil. It's all down to choice.

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

When the doorbell rings at three o'clock in the morning its never good news

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

You have to take responsibility for who you are

In just about every other book I can think of, we're chasing on the heels of our heroes - the spies, the soldiers, the romantics, the adventurers. But we stand shoulder to shoulder with the detective.

I held out the packet and suddenly we were friends. That's one of the only good things about being a smoker these days. You're part of a persecuted minority. You bond easily.