“Be yourself and become wealthy!”

“To put it simply, the lizard brain is purely concerned with survival.”

“Becoming wealthy is about accumulating wealth.”

“In a culture of hyper-consumption the advertising industry has brainwashed many people into believing they can raise their status just by driving a particular brand of whatever it is they are pushi...”

“Do not invest time and money into yourself to have others completely destroy it!”

“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”

“Once the cons were in the cell, theyd pull razors or homemade daggers out and rob the YOs of their trainers, leather jackets or jewellery. You couldnt placate them; it would be akin to expecting no...”

“You can do almost anything if you put your mind to it. Be it the perfect murder, robbing a bank or owning your own company. I dont go along with Prince Charles maxim that everyone should know their...”

“Bongo and Shug seen what was going on and decided to smash holes all over the roof of the hall, just for something to do. Bongo was first on to the roof, where, unknown to him he was being filmed f...”

“There is no getting away from the fact, he is one of only a few screws in the system who are the real McCoy. Anyone reading this book who has spent time in Scottish prisons will no doubt agree, thi...”

“We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we surrender to terror and steep ourselves in it.”

“Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion”

“All others are outside myself;I lock my door and bar them outThe turmoil, tedium, gad-about.I lock my door upon myself,And bar them out; but who shall wallSelf from myself, most loathed of all?If I...”