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

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed. He'd never spoken a truer word in his life.

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right.

Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him speak was a bit like watching a badly dubbed film. "Alex Gardiner," Alex said. "Your real name?" "I just told you." "You lied. Your real name is Alex Rider." "Why ask if you think you know?