--- title: "10 Holmes Quotes By Anthony Horowitz" description: "10 Holmes quotes by Anthony Horowitz. Plus more from Anthony Horowitz and more Holmes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/anthony-horowitz-1452_deduction_it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-det_1252209.png" --- > [“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-detective-with-a-languid-gesture/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/anthony-horowitz-1452_deduction_it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-det_1252209.png) > [“I had received an answer to the question that Holmes had put to me. Now all I needed to know was why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-had-received-an-answer-to-the-question-that-holmes-had-put-to-me/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/anthony-horowitz-1452_asked_i-had-received-an-answer-to-the-question_2686326.png) > [“You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/you-look-at-me-as-if-i-were-a-conjuror-holmes-remarked-with-a-laugh/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/anthony-horowitz-1452_deduction_you-look-at-me-as-if-i-were-a-conjuror-h_2463229.png) > [“Holmes had returned entirely to his old self – secretive, over-confident and thoroughly annoying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/holmes-had-returned-entirely-to-his-old-self-secretive-over-confident/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/anthony-horowitz-1452_holmes_holmes-had-returned-entirely-to-his-old_2031401.png) > [I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-think-my-reputation-will-look-after-itself-holmes-said-if-they-hang/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/anthony-horowitz-1452_books_i-think-my-reputation-will-look-after-it_2325063.jpg) > [Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/show-holmes-a-drop-of-water-and-he-would-deduce-the-existence-of-the/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/anthony-horowitz-1452_atlantic_show-holmes-a-drop-of-water-and-he-would_252616.png) > [“No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/no-the-events-which-i-am-about-to-describe-were-simply-too-monstrous/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/anthony-horowitz-1452_danger_no-the-events-which-i-am-about-to-descri_1731407.png) > [There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/there-s-something-very-strange-about-sherlock-holmes-especially-if/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/anthony-horowitz-1452_about_there-s-something-very-strange-about-she_2222027.png) > [“The few questions I had asked had been futile and I was suddenly dispirited, for it had occurred to me that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/the-few-questions-i-had-asked-had-been-futile-and-i-was-suddenly/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/anthony-horowitz-1452_holmes_the-few-questions-i-had-asked-had-been-f_238761.jpg) > [I hear it still. As I lay down my pen and take to my bed, I am aware of the bow being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-hear-it-still-as-i-lay-down-my-pen-and-take-to-my-bed-i-am-aware-of/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/anthony-horowitz-1452_bed_i-hear-it-still-as-i-lay-down-my-pen-and_1891876.jpg) ## Other authors on Holmes ## More by Anthony Horowitz > [My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/my-writing-has-always-been-what-you-call-narrative-fiction-in-the/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/a-children-s-author-on-a-soapbox-is-not-a-pleasant-sight-but-i-have/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/was-it-fate-was-it-destiny-i-think-it-was-alan-blunt/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/with-every-year-that-passes-i-get-further-away-from-my-target/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [“By the time Dimitrov realised what had happened, it was too late. He had taken aim but Bond had already fired. Three bullets spat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/by-the-time-dimitrov-realised-what-had-happened-it-was-too-late-he/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/smiling-back-at-her-it-occurs-to-me-that-i-ve-never-met-a-mean/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [“I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?" "I wouldn't call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-am-perfectly-qualified-to-give-you-an-injection-you-re-not-going-to/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [“Life may imitate art – but it usually falls short of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/life-may-imitate-art-but-it-usually-falls-short-of-it/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a kicking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/as-a-children-s-author-reviewers-are-generally-very-nice-to-you-i/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/you-re-trying-to-tell-me-that-everything-you-ve-done-is-for-a-good/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/your-name-the-movements-of-the-man-s-mouth-didn-t-quite-match-what-he/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/mccain-might-have-suffered-hardships-in-his-life-but-what-had/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [What is this place? Hogwarts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/what-is-this-place-hogwarts/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [I'm a private victim of a peculiar household.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-m-a-private-victim-of-a-peculiar-household/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) > [My generation has left the globe in a mess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/my-generation-has-left-the-globe-in-a-mess/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holmes/anthony-horowitz/#itemlist", "name": "10 Holmes Quotes By Anthony Horowitz", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Horowitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-detective-with-a-languid-gesture/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/anthony-horowitz-1452_deduction_it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-det_1252209.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/anthony-horowitz-1452_deduction_it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-det_1252209.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/anthony-horowitz-1452_deduction_it-was-quite-elementary-returned-the-det_1252209.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.” — Anthony Horowitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had received an answer to the question that Holmes had put to me. 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