Jon Ronson Quotes

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

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

Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in the winter of 2003. They asked him if he had the power to psychically kill goats. Guy was bewildered. He did not go around publicizing this. Who were these men? How did they know about the goats? He feigned a casual tone of voice and said, 'Sure I can.'Then he phoned Special Forces.

When I asked Robert Spitzer about the possibility that he'd inadvertently created a world in which ordinary behaviours were being labelled mental disorders, he fell silent. I waited for him to answer. But the silence lasted three minutes. Finally he said, 'I don't know.

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

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

We're living in post-nuance online times.