Alan invented all sorts of ways of expressing things so that only he and I understood. He used language as a place for us to hide.

— Anthony Horowitz

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?

— Anthony Horowitz

As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat a good whodunit: the twists and turns, the clues and the red herrings and then, finally, the satisfaction of having everything explained to you in a way that makes you kick yourself because you hadn't seen it from the start.

— Anthony Horowitz

Believe me, It would be better if we didn't meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you're still a child.

— Anthony Horowitz

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.

— Anthony Horowitz

Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.

— Anthony Horowitz

He was a commander in the Russian army at a time when the Russians were our enemies and still part of the Soviet Union. This wasn't very long ago, Alex. The collapse of communism. It was only in 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down." She stopped. "I suppose none of this means very much to you."" Well, it wouldn't," Alex said. "I was only two years old.

— Anthony Horowitz

I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?"" I wouldn't call you that...

— Anthony Horowitz

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you positively than negatively.

— Anthony Horowitz

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

— Anthony Horowitz