Quotes by Anthony Horowitz

About Anthony Horowitz:

Anthony Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His work for young adult readers 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), and two Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014). He is the most recent author chosen to write a James Bond novel by the Ian Fleming estate, titled Trigger Mortis. He has also written extensively for television, contributing numerous scripts to ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot and Midsomer Murders. He was the creator and principal writer of the ITV series Foyle's War, Collision and Injustice.
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I'm a private victim of a peculiar household.

Anthony Horowitz

If my children were as unhappy as I was at school, I'd send them somewhere else, but it never occurred to my parents.

Anthony Horowitz

I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.

Anthony Horowitz

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 thought of as a grandfather figure.

Anthony Horowitz

My generation has left the globe in a mess.

Anthony Horowitz

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

Anthony Horowitz

I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me.

Anthony Horowitz

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

Anthony Horowitz

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

Anthony Horowitz

I do believe quite strongly in evil.

Anthony Horowitz

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

Anthony Horowitz

No writer can really sustain two huge - I hate the word 'franchises.'

Anthony Horowitz

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 gives up, if you keep going you will succeed.

Anthony Horowitz

My father was aloof, very strange and very distant.

Anthony Horowitz

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.

Anthony Horowitz

It's hard to write when you think every sentence is going to be read by a million kids.

Anthony Horowitz

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 number of young people we have locked up in prison, and the use...

Anthony Horowitz

As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a kicking for it that I was in trauma for the next six months.

Anthony Horowitz

I really don’t know what to think, Mr Holmes,’ Lestrade muttered. ‘Well, that’s nothing new.

Anthony Horowitz

I hear it still. As I lay down my pen and take to my bed, I am aware of the bow being drawn across the bridge and the music rises into the night sky. It is far away and barely audible - but there it is! A pizzicato. Then a tremelo. The style is unmis...

Anthony Horowitz

I start work at 7 A.M. and write all day, seven days a week. If I don't write, I can't sleep.

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Author Bio

  • NameAnthony Horowitz
  • DescriptionEnglish novelist and screenwriter
  • BornApril 5, 1955
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Writer; Novelist; Children's Writer
  • WorksAlex Rider; The Power Of Five; The Diamond Brothers
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire