“There's nothing worse than a violent beating from an unremarkable person. Physical violence with someone is too much like shagging them. Too much id involved.”

“When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.”

“Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.”

“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”

“Whoever wants to love is better knowing nothing than too much.”

“I believe, entertainment has its pros and cons. It is important, but too much involvement of kids can deter them from achieving their key goals.”

“If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.”

“Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.”

“I like you, but not too much. I don’t want to like anybody too much.”

“If you are the type of person who thinks too much about stuff then there is nothing lonelier in the world than being surrounded by a load of people on a different wavelength.”