You must have been going very fast." "I was, until I hit the fence.

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.

We have a vision in Nigeria in which muslims and Christians shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.

The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice.

This is a roadside attraction, ' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.

Life has a whimsical way of kicking you in the throat. I find it tobe one huge cosmic joke at our expense, only nobody is laughingbut the forces that be—given that they are even a wee bit human.

Be the story teller in your life...never let anyone dictate what you’re about.

Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.

Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

I truly believe the American consumer doesn’t want to buy products made under abusive conditions.

If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.

Never stop thinking, improving, innovating.