All your protests to the contrary just confirm what they're saying.

You think I'm crazy.

- No. No, no, I never...

- And if I say I'm not crazy?

Well, that hardly helps, does it?

That's the Kafkaesque genius of it. People tell the world you're crazy, and all your protests to the contrary, just confirm what they're saying.

I'm not following you. I'm sorry.

Once you're declared insane, then anything you do is called part of that insanity.

Reasonable protests are denial. Valid fears, paranoia.

Survival instincts are defense mechanisms.