I'm sure it's not all hot buttered crumpets out there in the breathing world of asphalt and heartbeats.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.

Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.

Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'.

What is without dispute...is that the readers need [the BookWorld] just as much as we need them—to bring order to their apparent chaos, if nothing else.

The investment you make in others is transferred to everyone they influence long after you’re gone. Significance

Writing should beguile us, not just take us from A to B to Zzzzz

A man's wounded pride is a violate force.

Empathy? What’s that?” Glokta winced as he rubbed at his aching leg. “It’s a sad fact, but pain only makes you sorry for yourself.

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.

Hot flush, raging bluch. Ice flash, instant crash.

One cannot fall in love, really; one has to be in love.

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?

I've always been a bit insecure about my smile, but its days like these where all I wanna do is smile.