“Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.”
Anne Austin
“A baby is born into this world in a state of fear. Total paranoia and awareness. He sees the world with eyes not used yet. As he grows up, his parents lay all this stuff on him. They tell him, when they should be letting him tell them. Let the children lead you.”
Charles Manson
“Paranoia will get you through times of no enemies better than enemies will get you through times of no paranoia”
Pete Granger
“I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.”
Henry Rollins
“I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”
J. D. Salinger
“I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.”
John Shirley
“Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.”
Mordecai Richler