Steven Brust Quotes

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.

Fear does not have to be real to be powerful.

And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them.

He had delusions of adequacy.

A paranoiac like a poet, is born, not made.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

It's amazing where the paranoid mind can take you.

He suffers from delusions of adequacy.

Paranoia can be such a powerful hallucinogen if you're not careful - but it's great to kind of recognize it as that.

A paranoid is someone who has all the facts.

Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.

If you're paranoid long enough, sooner or later you're gonna be right.

Smart people understand that there is no such thing as paranoia. It is just another mask for ignorance.

The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door.

But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness.

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.