Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
Your temperature’s normal, though I’d say it’s the only thing about you that is.
We’re meant to be friends but you never tell me anything.
Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don’t swallow the gum!
What is this place? Hogwarts? – Alex Rider.
To enjoy something fully, you had to own it.
You’re my closest friend and you’re thousands of miles away.
It’s funny how things work out sometimes.
There are many things in life that cannot be explained.
Some things can’t be changed. They’ll always happen the way they were supposed to.
He hadn’t done anything. He hadn’t needed to. Just being there was enough.
There are few things in the world that we don’t know. Science has explained everything away.
You must do what you want.
We live in an age when there is no room for the impossible.
You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It’s all happening the way it was meant to be.
We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.
If you think it’s hard getting in, you should try getting out.
Death is the same for the one who dies.
You couldn’t trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.
Inside every fat man, there’s a thin man trying to get out.
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.