Jon Ronson

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

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

“Shame is a silent killer.”

“I've always been interested in the gap between who we are and who we think we are.”

“In the new world of social media, you can be a hero for five minutes but you can be a villain for the rest of your life.”

“What we’re doing is creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.”

“We’re at the start of a great renaissance of public shaming.”

“I’ve always been drawn to the fringes of society.”

“My default position is not to be a cynic. I'm a curious person.”

“A psychopath is a person who has no empathy.”

“There's this sense of glee that comes with judging people, and it's a dangerous glee.”

“When you are a journalist, you are in the last-chance saloon. You can nail a lie to the wall.”

“I'm interested in madness and the thin line between sanity and insanity.”

“The internet is a place of surveillance, but it’s also a place of sousveillance.”

“The best stories are the ones that are not about the extremes but about the grey areas.”

“The people at the extremes are often the most interesting.”

“I think we're all a bit crazy. It's just a matter of degree.”