The Conservative Party is a religion in that they are bound together by belief. Almost any organization has its religious aspects.

I don't think any of us grew up into the world we were hoping for or expecting.

What does fighting crime mean, exactly? Does it mean upholding the law when a woman shoplifts to feed her children, or does it mean struggling to uncover the ones who, quite legally, have brought about her poverty?

The central question is, is this guy right? Or is he mad? What do you, the reader, think about this? Which struck me as a properly anarchist solution. I didn't want to tell people what to think, I just wanted to tell people to think and consider some of these admittedly extreme little elements, which nevertheless do recur fairly regularly throughout human history.

It is not the job of artists to give the audience what the audience want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience. They would be the artist. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need

This is an IMAGINARY STORY...aren't they all?

The magician to some degree is trying to drive him or herself mad in a controlled setting, within controlled laws.