It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.

No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.

The laughing way we make damaged people our playthings, it's so dehumanizing.

My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.

Of course there are people who would like to eat breakfast without the screams of toddlers all around them, but those people should get over themselves and stop being stuck up and idiotic.

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.