I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.

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.

Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?

When you come to a detour, take it.

Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.

One man's constant is another man's variable.

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

And the lesson is that I should always wear these, so no one asks me to do anything crazy like climb onto a roof. ~Jaime Vegas on why she wears three inch heels on a mission

Be big, fast and flexible.

Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms.

Everything really is beautiful if you choose to see it that way.