I do not wish for a better world for anyone. I do not want to help ease my pain...I want to inflict it on others
I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair, but not a single, clear, indentifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me. My nightly bloodlust is overflowing into my days. As I delve deeper into violence and murder my mask of sanity is slipping away...............
I live in the American Gardens on West 81'st street, on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm twenty seven years old. I believe in taking care of myself, with a balanced diet, and a vigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleansing lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out, and makes you look older; then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
I've killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10 and a NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and someone else there I can't remember maybe a model, but she's dead too. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen. I guess I've killed maybe 20 people, maybe 40. I have tapes of a lot of it and some of the girls have seen the tapes. I'm not sure I'm gonna get away with it this time. I guess I'm a pretty I mean I guess I'm a pretty sick guy.
