She's one of those people who flinch from the very idea of happiness — in her mind nothing could be more boring or bourgeois. Cocaine Nights (1996)
Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves. Cocaine Nights (1996)
Everywhere you look — Britain, the States, western Europe — people are sealing themselves into crime-free enclaves. That's a mistake — a certain level of crime is part of the necessary roughage of life. Total security is a disease of deprivation. Cocaine Nights (1996)
Our governments are preparing for a future without work, and that includes the petty criminals. Leisure societies lie ahead of us. … People will still work — or, rather, some people will work, but only for a decade of their lives. Cocaine Nights (1996)