Admission Quote by Lev Grossman

People have all these preconceived notions about magicians, like that they're lonely and bitter or they're socially awkward people. I don't know what magician…

— Justin Willman

Great liars are also great magicians.

— Adolf Hitler

People with psychopathy are very good at reading the minds of their victims. That's probably most clearly seen in deception.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

People tend to think of psychopaths as criminals. In fact, the majority of psychopaths aren't criminal.

— Robert D. Hare

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

— Criss Jami

Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

— Deb Caletti

I read a lot of books about psychopaths. I read a wonderful book Amy Hempel gave me about the guy who created criminal profiling…

— Mona Simpson

All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.

— Donna Leon

Psychopathy might lurk behind the mask of sanity.

— Robert J. Sawyer

What is interesting, as well, is how much power homicide detectives have and how much respect. They are kind of rock stars, especially in…

— Theo James

Too many people hold the idea that psychopaths are essentially killers or convicts. The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social…

— Robert D. Hare

Ideally, I'd prefer never having to be in a test-screening environment. Some famous director said "The group is smart, the individuals are stupid," about…

— Tamara Jenkins