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 worst advertising copywriter. She had the misfortune to be my account director, so from the very start she was my boss, and she still is.
Anthony HorowitzÂ
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.
Anthony HorowitzÂ
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 writing a book I leave messages all over the house for people to know how the story ends, and then someone can finish it for me.
Anthony HorowitzÂ
My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.
Anthony HorowitzÂ
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.
Anthony HorowitzÂ
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.
Anthony HorowitzÂ
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?
Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette: The Story of an AssassinÂ
You must have been going very fast.””I was, until I hit the fence.
Anthony Horowitz, Ark AngelÂ
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…
Anthony Horowitz, ScorpiaÂ
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.
Anthony Horowitz, StormbreakerÂ
