“It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you’re sane than it is to convince them you’re crazy.… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I felt very strongly about the Ashley Madison thing. Of the 39 million people who signed up for Ashley Madison, only a… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I heard a story about her once,' said James. 'She was interviewing a psychopath. She showed him a picture of a frightened… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
As I glanced at the phraseology of the research report, dull and unfathomable to outsiders like me, I thought that if you… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
My ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Maybe there's two types of people in the world: those people who favor humans over ideology, and those people who favor ideology… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
The way I portrayed the people is accurate. Because they're human beings and we have a kind of wonderful capacity to be… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Yeah, but in the end his followers take what they want from his philosophy. Maybe it doesn't matter what's going on in… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Film people can be quite ruthless and tough. I think it's because the industry is filled with talented, driven people chasing nowhere… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Of course there are people who would like to eat breakfast without the screams of toddlers all around them, but those people… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
The laughing way we make damaged people our playthings, it's so dehumanizing. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And I instantly diagnosed myself with… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Trying to prove you’re not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you’re not mentally ill,’ said Tony. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“It may very well be that the frotteurist is a helpless victim in the clutches of his obsession, but it’s equally possible that he’s… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside of it.” — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
My worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized thus: Thank God I don't believe in the secret rulers of the world. Imagine what the… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“The consensus from the beginning was that only 1 percent of humans had it, but the chaos they caused was so far-reaching it could… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“That's an incredibly depressing thought," I said "that if you're in a room and at one end lies madness and at the other end… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
The world outside Twitter was great. I read books. I reconnected with people I knew from real life and met them for drinks in… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“What a brilliant cover story. In a success-obsessed society like this one, what's the best rock to hide something under? It's the rock called… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
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… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
