Rage Page #4

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some more advice.

There are two things in this life

which are important.

Money and fame.

All the rest, frankly,

I would not bother with.

Mr Andy Warhol said everybody

will be famous for 15 minutes

but some people will be

more famous for longer.

The beautiful ones,

and if you are not beautiful,

you better be rich.

So... no offence,

but I think you better start

making plans, Michelangelo, hmm?

OK.

What?

Afraid?

Afraid of what?

Am I afraid of... getting old?

Is that what you're asking me?

Do you think I'm old?

Look.

Look at my face.

Look at the light on my face.

Some people,

the light makes big ugly shadows.

Me?

It's a f***ing caress.

The light loves me

and I love the light.

Together we can do anything.

Is there anything I like about fashion?

Well, of course.

It's a brutal, amoral business.

Issues of right and wrong, good

and bad, simply don't come into it,

which in this current climate

of political correctness

is extremely refreshing.

You see, in evolutionary terms,

morality is irrelevant.

Beauty is worshipped

infinitely more than goodness.

And why? Because without it

there'd be indiscriminate copulation,

or even none at all.

Beauty attracts, my child.

Beauty is power.

Which is unfortunate,

because, in fact,

it is surface, Michelangelo.

Surface through and through.

And when the bloom of youth fades,

only those graced

with the right bones will survive.

That's what beauty has become

in this age of photography. Bones.

Bones that will one day

lie in the dusty earth.

The people that work for me?

What about them?

Well... I like to... encourage talent.

They get the chance

to express themselves and to develop,

and, then, of course,

I own the product.

And the designers with talent,

they move on to the next thing,

and if there's no talent,

then, they sort of disappear.

It's a natural selection,

survival of the fittest,

in a fashion jungle.

Life can be...

Life can be so insecure.

Which I why I am fond of permanence.

Which is why I collect.

And a collection must grow.

That is its nature.

Right now, I'm collecting women's

magazines and cable television.

Miss Carvell, I believe you've met.

A very dear friend of mine.

Her writing is so brutal.

Marvellous!

Well, she doesn't know it yet

but the journal she writes for...

... I just bought it.

Shh!

All right.

Being a bodyguard, it's different.

It's different.

I know some people probably tell you

it's a step down from being

in the police department,

but I wouldn't agree.

Mr Diamonds has been

very good to me.

I mean, he let me talk to you,

for instance, right?

Now he's seated in the front row,

where he belongs, of course.

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