{"quotes":[{"text":"Ever see moors murderer Ian Brady, study his photos, study Black, study Cannon, study Sutcliffe - study them all! Who says evil is not recognisable?","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","ian-brady","insanity","madness","moors-murderer","prisoner"],"id":7349,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"A doctor once asked me: 'Charlie, what do you think your problem is?' “Doc,' I said, '…you’re the problem!","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":38967,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"I am a creation of the establishment, I realise I’m not as strong as life itself, but I also realise death will suck me in. The eyes and fingers are pointing in my direction. For me, there is only one way – one road, one signpost; it reads, ‘Hell’. It’s a one-way ticket; there are no brakes on my vehicle, there is no way out, only one way in.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":43245,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"You get used to the brain being squeezed. At nighttime in the darkness of your emptiness, it seems to swell back up and gives you some peace. In the darkness even the pain is not so bad. A bruise heals. (Time is the treatment.) But it’s your mind that’s tortured. Your thoughts are in turmoil and despair. Feelings of awesome revenge and destruction manifest themselves.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":50680,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"They ask themselves: “What will he do?” “How will he react?” “Will he go mad?” “Will he bite?” “Will he be armed?” They’re pumped up with fear. Adrenaline pumping, fingers tense on the trigger, brains racing. And I’m cool as a cat! The name ‘Charles Bronson’ causes panic! The name ‘Mickey Peterson’ causes stress! The police all love to arrest me, as I’m the most exciting madman they will ever arrest! It’s a fact. So here I am years later, and I’m still the madman. There is no escaping my past.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":62110,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"Madness is forever! We even smell different, our hearts don’t beat, they tick, our eyes are different, we don’t just see, we also pick up vibes. We are probably dehumanised and way past our ‘sell by’ date, totally unusable, bitter as lemons.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":65836,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"I went through a period where I couldn’t keep off the establishment’s roofs, it was a serious urge I had. To look at a drainpipe and start shaking with excitement, nobody knows the feeling of hitting a prison roof, not unless you’ve done it. Let me tell you, it’s like a lotto win - it’s power. You’re the governor; it’s a kick in the teeth to the system.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":108794,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"Nowadays I just don’t care; I’ve taken the Frank Zappa stance. I am who I am! Some love me, some loathe me, some respect me and some despise me. But after all that’s been, I still love the insane! As they’re exciting, dangerous and highly explosive! For me mad dogs are gentlemen.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","frank-zappa","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":113554,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"If evil lingers around you, it will rub off on you, it will cause stress, anxiety and a lot of mental anguish! ‘Eyes’ - you can see evil in the eye of the beholder! Body! Talk! Stance! Walk! Posture! Evil oozes out!","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","evil","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":117508,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"You can grow up being a troublemaker and then before you know it the next thing you’re doing is listening to Frank Zappa whilst chilling out…now that’s the intelligent way out. What would a psychiatrist say about that?","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["charles-bronson","frank-zappa","insanity","madness","prisoner"],"id":129028,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":42,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}