My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

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.

Isn't it sad that some people waste their lives emulating those who don't even know who they are or what they are here on earth to do?

Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.

The dream Dreamed by a happy man, when the dark East, Unseen, is brightening to his bridal morn.

Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.

I've lost my faith in science.

Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself.

Only three types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk, and the angry.

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.