--- title: "8 Murder-mystery Quotes By Anthony Horowitz" description: "8 Murder-mystery quotes by Anthony Horowitz. Plus more from Anthony Horowitz and more Murder-mystery sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-yea_400735.png" --- > [“You'd have thought that after twenty years editing murder mysteries I'd have noticed when I found myself in the middle of one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-years-editing-murder-mysteries-i/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-yea_400735.png) > [“I had chosen to play the detective—and if there is one thing that unites all the detectives I've ever read about, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-had-chosen-to-play-the-detective-and-if-there-is-one-thing-that/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_i-had-chosen-to-play-the-detective-and-i_453920.jpg) > [“It's strange when you think about it. There are hundreds and hundreds of murders in books and television. It would be hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/it-s-strange-when-you-think-about-it-there-are-hundreds-and-hundreds/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/anthony-horowitz-1452_books_it-s-strange-when-you-think-about-it-the_519278.png) > [“In a whodunnit, when a detective hears that Sir Somebody Smith has been stabbed thirty-six times on a train or decapitated, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/in-a-whodunnit-when-a-detective-hears-that-sir-somebody-smith-has/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_in-a-whodunnit-when-a-detective-hears-th_1118312.png) > [“This business with Sir Magnus Pye had got off to an inauspicious start. It was one thing to be stabbed in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/this-business-with-sir-magnus-pye-had-got-off-to-an-inauspicious/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_this-business-with-sir-magnus-pye-had-go_1257469.png) > [“Pünd remembered their first case together when Fraser had failed to notice that his travelling companion, on the three-fifty train from Paddington,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/p-nd-remembered-their-first-case-together-when-fraser-had-failed-to/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/anthony-horowitz-1452_agatha-christie_p-nd-remembered-their-first-case-togethe_1712827.png) > [“As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat a good whodunnit: the twists and turns, the clues and the red herrings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-you-can-t-beat-a-good-whodunnit-the-twists/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-you-can-t-beat-a_1790347.jpg) > [“I've watched every episode of Poirot and Midsomer Murders on TV. I never guess the ending and I can't wait for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/i-ve-watched-every-episode-of-poirot-and-midsomer-murders-on-tv-i/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_i-ve-watched-every-episode-of-poirot-and_2214784.png) ## Other authors on Murder-mystery - [Andrew Barrett 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder-mystery/andrew-barrett/) - [Kerri Maniscalco 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder-mystery/kerri-maniscalco/) - [Carolyn Gibbs 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder-mystery/carolyn-gibbs/) - [Kendric Neal 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder-mystery/kendric-neal/) - [Cassandra Giovanni 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder-mystery/cassandra-giovanni/) ## 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/murder-mystery/anthony-horowitz/#itemlist", "name": "8 Murder-mystery Quotes By Anthony Horowitz", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You'd have thought that after twenty years editing murder mysteries I'd have noticed when I found myself in the middle of one.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Horowitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-years-editing-murder-mysteries-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-yea_400735.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-yea_400735.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/anthony-horowitz-1452_anthony-horowitz_you-d-have-thought-that-after-twenty-yea_400735.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You'd have thought that after twenty years editing murder mysteries I'd have noticed when I found myself in…” — Anthony Horowitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had chosen to play the detective—and if there is one thing that unites all the detectives I've ever read about, it's their inherent loneliness. 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