Jon Ronson
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"Jon Ronson" is a Welsh journalism/journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and radio presenter, whose works include the best-selling The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004). He has been described as a Gonzo journalism/gonzo journalist. He is known for his informal, but skeptical, investigations of controversial fringe politics and science. His work has appeared in British publications such as The Guardian newspaper, City Life (magazine)/City Life and Time Out (magazine)/Time Out magazine. He has made several documentary films for television and two documentary series for Channel 4.

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They said, 'Come on, who would you rather have living next to you? The crazy white-separatist Weavers or a family of respected FBI agents?' ... The only answer I could come up with was, 'Whichever one plays their music quieter.'

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When David says that 12-foot blood-drinking child-sacrificing pedophile lizards secretly rule the world, he really is referring to lizards.

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I was always out to paint them with human characteristics we could relate to. They really are, by and large, personable in the flesh.

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I certainly believe the Weavers were utterly innocent, were a threat to nobody, and if you can't believe crazy things on top of a mountain in Idaho, where can you believe crazy things?

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[Rachel, in particular,] was wise beyond her years, ... I think that if Rachel had been raised in North London, she'd be going to Starbucks and studying at art school and voting for Tony Blair.

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