“Don't write to sell, write to tell.”

“Believe in human beings - not all are good, but deep down all can be. But that doesn't mean you need to hang around crappy people and try to turn them around.”

“Be the kind of person who catches the shit before it hits the fan, not the one who scrapes it off afterwards.”

“Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future.”

“If you appreciate the small things, you're likely to get the big ones.”

“Stay humble as a writer: write on toilet paper.”

“It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli”

“Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.”

“I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing...”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”