Jon Ronson

Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny,…

— Jon Ronson

“I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And I instantly diagnosed…

— Jon Ronson

Trying to prove you’re not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you’re not mentally ill,’ said Tony.

— Jon Ronson

“It may very well be that the frotteurist is a helpless victim in the clutches of his obsession, but it’s equally possible…

— Jon Ronson

“We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside of it.”

— Jon Ronson

My worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized thus: Thank God I don't believe in the secret rulers of the world. Imagine…

— Jon Ronson

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

— Jon Ronson

“The consensus from the beginning was that only 1 percent of humans had it, but the chaos they caused was so far-reaching…

— Jon Ronson

“That's an incredibly depressing thought," I said "that if you're in a room and at one end lies madness and at the…

— Jon Ronson

The world outside Twitter was great. I read books. I reconnected with people I knew from real life and met them for…

— Jon Ronson

“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…

— Jon Ronson

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…

— Jon Ronson

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

— Jon Ronson

“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

It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here…

— Jon Ronson

'Okja' I don't think would have been made if Netflix hadn't made it. That, to me, is a much bigger thing than…

— Jon Ronson

“Justice departments and parole boards all over the world have accepted his contention that psychopaths are quite simply incurable and everyone should…

— Jon Ronson

“They can’t shit on us,” said Alex. “That’s really what I’m saying. You can’t shit on us anymore.” There was a silence.…

— Jon Ronson

“I would also say you can never reduce any person to a diagnostic label.”

— Jon Ronson

I felt very strongly about the Ashley Madison thing. Of the 39 million people who signed up for Ashley Madison, only a…

— Jon Ronson

“Lacking in conscience and empathy, they take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without guilt…

— Jon Ronson

The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.

— Jon Ronson

“name. It was truly a revolution in psychiatry, and a gold rush for drug companies, who suddenly had hundreds of new disorders…

— Jon Ronson

“The men would all say that they had died,' Gilligan said. 'These were the most incorrigibly violent characters. They would all say…

— Jon Ronson

“People who are normal (i.e., sane, sensible) don’t try to open lines of communication with total strangers by writing them a series…

— Jon Ronson