He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body...unfortunately he had run out of room.

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.

Power without moral direction is the most dangerous force in the world.

The pain is not about having cheap people around…. real pain is the fact that there are some people with a price to start with.

There is a budding morrow in midnight.

My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled.

I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak.

Fiction that responds to recent world events is a hostage to fortune because all momentous events look very different a year, two years, three years later.

Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.

My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and I want others to understand it and to be able to restate it.

You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself.

In France, I learned about wine and cheese.