Evil and the Mask

Don't you think people make their own choices in life?' 'They do, but in many cases their choices are limited--unless they break the rules.

I suppose you could present my life as a happy tale if you ended it in the right place.

You could say that everything had become weirdly distorted because I'd broken the rules so many times.

We're attacking all accepted values. Authority, class differences, shared perceptions. We don't care what happens to our social structure -- revolutions are for suckers. Our target is people's collective consciousness. It's like throwing a cream pie in their face.

THE FUZZY GREEN light gradually resolved itself into trees, and a narrow street of damp terra-cotta bricks stretched lazily into the distance.

When human consciousness stops fooling itself and looks at the situation straight on, it can't cope.

Number two becoming number one, that's how life goes. Always demanding the best, that's a strange way of living.

When people believe they have a good cause, the violence within them bursts forth unrestrained, as if their good angel has given permission for it to escape.

Deep down, people who deliberately distribute other people’s music and stuff feel contempt for professionals. And it’s not just culture — these days lots of people are contemptuous of everything. Without realizing it, they’re searching for things to despise.