Eoin Colfer Quotes

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• 'Insanity... I like it."
• There’s always time for babbling.
• Hey, look your girlfriend is saying something. Artemis had a vast mental reserve of scathing comebacks at his disposal, but none of them covered girlfriend…
• I am perhaps unusual in that I came to 'Doctor Who' through the numerous novelisations and not through the television show.
• I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.
• I have always loved 'Stig of the Dump.' I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader.
• What many people don't know about 'Peter Pan' is that it's a very violent book and Hook is one of the most finely observed villains…
• When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.
• I have a lovely office at the back of my house; it's an old stable and you can see right out to the countryside on…
• I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen to…
• The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're going to go…
• I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.
• Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.
• And one more thing. About my name — Artemis — you were right. In London, it is generally a female name, after the Greek goddess…
• A CD. How quaint. We have these in museums.
• (about his terrible attempt at making a sandwich) It's more difficult than it looks. (Artemis Fowl)
• Good. Illegal is always faster.
• If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose, then I'm crazy. That's the way history is written.
• I am unarmed. But Butler here, my ...ah...butler, has a Sig Saucer in his shoulder holster, two shrike-throwing knives in his boots, aderringer two-shot up…
• If you were me, then I'd be you, and if I were you, then I'd hide somewhere far away.

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