7 Magical Quotes from Eoin Colfer

Irish children’s author Eoin Colfer was born on 14th May 1965. Colfer grew up with his four brothers in Wexford, where he discovered his love of writing whilst studying The Vikings in primary school.

Colfer’s first novel “Benny and Omar” was published in 1998, but it wasn’t until his first Artemis Fowl novel was published in 2001 that he was able to give up his job as a teacher to become a full-time writer.

More than 20 million copies of  The Artemis Fowl series, which consists of 8 novels, four graphic novels and 3 short stories, have since been sold worldwide.

In August of this year, Disney is releasing  “Artemis Fowl” a film directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring amongst others Ferdia Shaw as Artemis and Judy Dench as Commander Root.

“Confidence is ignorance. If you’re feeling cocky, it’s because there’s something you don’t know.”

“It’s like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”

“I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared”

“No matter what dimension you’re in, there’s a big-headed male trying to take over the world”

“Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron”

“You know you’re in trouble when your own imagination starts punishing you.”

“We’re being led by an idiot with a crayon.”