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47 quotes by Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz, OBE (born 5 April 1956[citation needed]) is a prolific English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His work for children and teenagers includes The Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and The Power of Five series (aka The Gatekeepers). His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame (2001), two Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014) and is the latest...
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My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

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

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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.

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I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end. I'm phobic about it. So when I'm... →

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Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was... →

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Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

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I have a great belief in not doing anything unless I'm passionate about it.

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If you are going to be a writer, you have to have self-belief, every writer gets rejections, they say the difference between a successful and... →

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My wife, Jill, and I have an incredibly close working relationship, and an incredibly happy married one. We met through work. I was the world's... →

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

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With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a father figure to these... →

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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.

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Do I believe in the devil? I don't believe in a figure with horns and a tail.

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