He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave.

Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.

You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

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.

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.

Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.

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

You're never too young to die.

There's a dream world that we visit sometimes and that's how we found out who we are.

What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider

Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there.

Learning to locate your own gut response is essential if you are to be able to identify and acknowledge your intuition.

In Sarasota, Florida, Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing every day.

I love it as it is, because it is a story, and it isn't stuck in one place.

Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.

Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.

If we can’t stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can’t move forward.

Man was created to complete the horse.

He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.

I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.

We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.