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Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers. (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. View quote
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What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!" "Yeah. That was me. I set the boat alight." "What?" "I set fire to the boat." "But we're on the boat!" "I know. View quote
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I didn't set fire to the building." "No, but you did pull it into the river." "That put the fire out! View quote
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Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt. View quote
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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. View quote
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My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books. View quote
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You've already said you were going to kill me," Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death. View quote
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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... View quote
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Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. View quote
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My father was aloof, very strange and very distant. (Anthony Horowitz)
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. View quote
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Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist. View quote
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I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all. View quote
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My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end. View quote
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It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 enormously cultured and had an incredible library. View quote
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I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is. View quote
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I love writing different things. View quote
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My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before. (Anthony Horowitz)
I have a great belief in not doing anything unless I'm passionate about it. View quote
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My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk. View quote
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