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Jon Ronson Quotes

Welsh - Journalist | May 10, 1967 -

I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety.

Fear Happy People Thought Anxiety

Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible.

True Possible Try Write Always Like

My entry into screenwriting was not smooth.

Smooth Entry Screenwriting

When I was 20, I wrote a film on spec and sent it to the BBC. They wrote back, 'Usually, when we reject submissions, we like to offer some encouragement, but in your case, we don't see any point in you continuing.' I took it as encouragement anyway, thinking that only people who write terrible things are capable of writing great things.

Great People Writing Thinking You

Film people can be quite ruthless and tough. I think it's because the industry is filled with talented, driven people chasing nowhere near enough work.

Work People Tough Think Enough Film

Film isn't a meritocracy; there's no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. It's a hustle.

Best Hustle System Film Get

Film is like a casserole. Everybody is thrown into a pot, and we're all in it together.

Together Film Like Thrown Everybody

'Okja' I don't think would have been made if Netflix hadn't made it. That, to me, is a much bigger thing than whether someone watches it on a big screen or a phone. Because it simply wouldn't have existed otherwise.

Me Think Someone Watches Phone Big

What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of 'Okja' are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.

Politics Think Greed Lucky Write

If I interview somebody for an hour, I'm looking for four amazing minutes.

Amazing Looking Interview Four Hour

In the early days of Twitter, it was like a place of radical de-shaming. People would admit shameful secrets about themselves, and other people would say, 'Oh my God, I'm exactly the same.' Voiceless people realized that they had a voice, and it was powerful and eloquent.

God People Voice Powerful Early Say

When we watch courtroom dramas, we tend to identify with the kindhearted defense attorney, but give us the power, and we become like hanging judges.

Power Become Judges Hanging Watch

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