Quotes About Anthony Horowitz

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.

The house is seventies modern with sliding windows, gas-effect and a giant TV in the living room. There are almost no books. I'm not making any judgement. It's just the sort of thing I can't help but notice.

Ban Nab. It's a palindrome.' He said nothing, so I added: 'It reads the same forwards and backwards.' 'Do geese see God?' Hawthorne asked.

And what of the vicar? The word sat at the top of the page, underlined. That would suggest some sort of operation involving religion, but frankly, church was the last place you would expect to find anyone from Scorpia.

If you've ever read the French philosopher Alain Badiou, you'll know that he defines jokes as a type of rupture that opens up truths.

From the moment I was able to make my own decisions, I became what has come to be called a vegetarian – a word that originated here in England, you might like to know.

I've made some tea,' Judith Matheson said. Of course she had. She was the sort of woman who would always make tea no matter what the crisis. Lose your leg in a hideous industrial accident and she'd be there with a nice cup of Earl Grey.

Their proof-reader tried to kill herself. She shot herself with a gun.

He had an extraordinary presence that could be saturnine, threatening or magnetic, depending on his mood.

Well,' I tried, 'I suppose it's the thought that counts.' 'Yes. He thought we wouldn't notice he's a complete cheapskate

And she had just signed a major deal with Walt Disney, including a strict morality clause that, almost certainly, prohibited the act of murder.

that story you told him about losing your own children, and now I'm wondering if that was even true." "Of course it was true!" Mrs. Jones snapped, and just for once, she betrayed her emotions. She was angry. Two dark spots had appeared in her cheeks.

felt particularly sorry for Judith Matheson. She'd put so much work into organising the weekend and what had she got out of it? A dead sponsor, a cut-up lawn and a divorce.

Christopher Nolan may be a big-shot director, but he's got his head right up his arse. Not that I care. Eleven weeks shooting. A ton of money. And I go to France.

Let's get divers into the river and into the sea." She gestured at the photographs. And we need to search here … the farm, the hills, everything!

Mrs Blakiston had always been in a hurry. It was impossible to escape the thought. She had quite literally flung herself down the stairs, hurrying into her own death.

was sure he was joking. But he was sitting there with that strange energy of his, that mix of malice and single-mindedness that made him so hard to read

You're disgusting,' Godwin said. 'You make it sound so … sordid.

I didn't like him. He had a way of manipulating people which I thought was a little creepy and then there was that business in Deal.

seemed to be a remarkably up-beat interpretation of such an act of vandalism. Her

there could be no doubt of that. They were betting on how long a fighter could last against him.

the 'c' word is more than that. It's used by sour, frustrated men, nearly always about women. It's a word full of misogyny – crudely offensive.

What do you mean by that?' Hawthorne looked genuinely sympathetic and sounded so interested that even Akira was taken by surprise. That was another of his tricks. He had a way of getting people to tell him perhaps more than they intended

I don't think readers will give a damn about a divorce lawyer,' she said. 'Can't you make him something more interesting … like an actor or a musician?