“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.”
Author detail
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony is a born polymath; juggling writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 40 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which he adapted into a movie that was released worldwide in 2006. The Alex Rider series is estimated to have sold 19 million copies worldwide. His highly anticipated novel, Oblivion, the epic conclusion to the Power of Five series, was published in October 2012. Anthony is also an acclaimed writer for adults and was commissioned by the Conan Doyle Estate and Orion Books to write two new Sherlock Holmes novels. The House of Silk was published in November 2011 and was internationally lauded as the top title of the autumn. The sequel, Moriarty, was published in October 2014 with similar success. Most recently he was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis, which was published on 8th September 2015. ([source][1]) [1]: https://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/about
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“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.”
“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?”
“My father was aloof, very strange and very distant.”
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“I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.”
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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 li...”
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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 kids, I'd be a little distressed to be thoug...”
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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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“Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.”
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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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“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 unsuccessful writer is an unsuccessful writer gi...”
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“I enjoy scaring people.”
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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 you forever.”
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“I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me.”
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“A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people, literacy and youth justice: just look at the num...”
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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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“Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.”
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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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“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.”
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