Jon Ronson

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Shame is a silent killer.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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