Anthony Horowitz

“I love writing different things.”

“I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.”

“Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.”

“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.”

“Was it fate? Was it destiny?""I think it was Alan Blunt.”

“You like to think with young adults that with your books, a little part of it has reached them and will stay with them. It is great to be part of an eight-year-old's world.”

“My generation has left the globe in a mess.”

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

“You don't need to be able to string a sentence together in a way that is elegant or even vaguely meaningful to produce a bestseller - as Dan Brown has demonstrated time and again.”

“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”

“As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat a good whodunnit: 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.”

“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.”

“I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.”

“I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.”

“Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.”

“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...”

“There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.”

“It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.”

“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.”

“I don't really like the word 'hobbies.'”