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

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.

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.

There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.

The animated cartoon has a lot to teach the writer, above all how to define characters and objects with a few strokes.

I refuse to suffer the torment of regret that comes from living a "what if" life.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

I think it's chauvinistic to think that women don't like to get scared.

In some ways we want definitions that can help protect our own interpretations of the genre.

We do not have to make the Bible relevant - it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.

You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run

Waiting for my real life to start is no excuse to waste the life I have right now.

I like snakes. I like hummingbirds. There's nothing on earth I don't like. Frogs. Salamanders. The bunnies, the giraffes, the hippopotamuses.

When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same until the end of time.