High culture is paranoid about sentiment. But human beings are intensely sentimental.
Thomas KinkadeMubarak was so paranoid that anyone he perceived as competent became a threat to him.
Revolution 2:0: A Memoir and Call to ActionThe country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
Jean-Michel BasquiatI guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.
Brian Molko