Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz, OBEis an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His work for young adult readers includes The Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and The Power of Five series. His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame, and two Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silkand Moriarty. He is the most recent author chosen to write a James Bond novel by the Ian Fleming estate, titled Trigger Mortis...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 April 1955
CityLondon, England
For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?
He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body...unfortunately he had run out of room.
Then why don't you go and ---- yourself.
Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.
She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.
You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.
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.
There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.
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.
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?
The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd.
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.
There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.
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.