Moors Murderer Ian Brady is giving evidence to a tribunal over his mental health.
It is the first time he has spoken publicly for nearly 50 years.
The 75-year-old argues he is no longer mentally ill and should be moved from a high-security hospital to prison.
Brady, along with his accomplice Myra Hindley, tortured and murdered five children aged from 10 to 17, burying some of their victims' bodies on Saddleworth Moor in the Peak District.
The serial killer, wearing a suit and tie, and dark glasses, is speaking at the final day of the tribunal, which is sitting at Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, Merseyside, where he has been held since 1985.
Proceedings are being relayed to the press and public on TV screens at Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
Asked how he had spent his time in prison over the years, he said he had studied psychology and German and had worked on braille texts for many years.
He said he had also worked as a barber at Wormwood Scrubs before he was sent to Ashworth.
He said he stayed in his "cell" for longer periods of time after seizures and other illnesses had debilitated him in Ashworth.
And he criticised his treatment at the hospital, saying he "can't stand robotic, feeble psychiatrists".
Brady said he had been in solitary confinement for a while in prison and would memorise whole pages of Shakespeare and Plato and recite them to himself.
He said that, while prison warders never commented, if he talked or muttered to himself in Ashworth it was interpreted by "opportunistic" staff as mental illness.
"'Who doesn't talk to themselves?" he asked the tribunal.
Brady's legal team say he has a severe personality disorder but is not mentally ill and could be treated in prison rather than hospital.
But staff at Ashworth say he remains a paranoid schizophrenic who should stay at the hospital.
His reasons for wanting to return to prison remain unclear, although it is thought he might try to starve himself to death in prison.
He has been on hunger strike since 1999 but doctors at Ashworth can force-feed Brady through a tube in his nose under mental health law.
On Monday, a nurse told the tribunal that, despite his hunger strike, Brady often took the food made available to him, and he "makes himself toast every morning".
The judgement of the panel will be released at a later date yet to be fixed.
The last time Brady was heard in public was in 1966 at Chester Assizes, where he denied the murders.
He was eventually found guilty of three of the murders and jailed for life. He and Hindley later confessed to the other two. Hindley died in prison in 2002, aged 60.
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