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Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.

From Anthony Horowitz

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

From Anthony Horowitz

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

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I'm a private victim of a peculiar household.

From Anthony Horowitz

Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.

From Anthony Horowitz

My wife, Jill, and I have an incredibly close working relationship, and an incredibly happy married one. We met through work. I was the world's worst advertising copywriter. She had the misfortune to be my account director, so from the very start she was my boss, and she still is.

From Anthony Horowitz

I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.

From Anthony Horowitz

With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a father figure to these kids, I'd be a little distressed to be thought of as a grandfather figure.

From Anthony Horowitz

My favourite 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.

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