Blessed are the goofballs, the crazies, for they refuse to…

I hate goofballs.

— Sargent Shriver

“We of the craft are all crazy,” Lord Byron, the high priest of crazies, wrote. “Some are affected by gaiety, others by melancholy, but…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“‘Can’t you see what they are?’ I said. ‘They’re all dead.’”

— Steven Ramirez

“Even now I can’t describe the fear that contaminated my blood like black ink.”

— Steven Ramirez

“When I lifted up the skin, a fat kidney worm dripping with gore raised its bald, blind head and glared at me.”

— Steven Ramirez

“The people inside the gym didn’t stand a dead drunk’s chance.”

— Steven Ramirez

“The sound of him drinking was indescribable—like dirty runoff down a storm drain.”

— Steven Ramirez

Most of my stuff was sort of of-the-time. 'The Crazies' was, basically, we were angry about Vietnam, and it had a reason for being.

— George A. Romero

“‘There’s no time for right or wrong,’ I said.”

— Steven Ramirez

“Drive. He’s already dead.”

— Steven Ramirez

I'm beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes - and that's not the entirety of who I am.…

— Fairuza Balk

“Remember. Observe, assess and act. No hesitation. No remorse.”

— Steven Ramirez

“I don’t know how these things died without benefit of a bullet to the brain pan. They seemed to exist in an eternal twilight…

— Steven Ramirez

“Oh, don’t get me wrong, girl. I’m jus’ sayin’, there’s a little good in most bad, and the other way ’round too. This country…

— David VanDyke

“I thought if I loved you enough I could change you. I was so stupid.”

— Steven Ramirez