The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz #4)

by Anthony Horowitz

Authors don’t write their books for other people. We write for ourselves.

Theatre, at its best, is a candle that never goes out and all of these productions, along with many more, still burn in my memory.

The trouble is, once the rules have been broken, nobody will be excited when someone else does it a second time. If something is unique, it can’t be done twice.

‘I never believe everything anyone says.’ ‘Including me?’ He smiled. ‘Why would I believe someone who spends his entire life making stuff up?’

There’s a reason why I never go anywhere near politics or social issues. I write to entertain people. If I have one determination in life, it’s that I don’t want to do anything that will upset anyone. I’m always aware of that great beast Twitter lurking on the sidelines, waiting to tear out my throat.