2019/08/21

Lateral Thinking in the movie Mindhunter


Holden: “So what are you teaching?”

Wendy: “I am teaching a class on the intersection of sociopathy and fame. People like Andy Warhol, Jim Morrison.. their celebrity becomes the only thing they need to sustain their ego.”

Bill: “Nixon was a sociopath”

Wendy: “Very similar.”

Holden: “How do you become president of the United States if you are a sociopath?”

Wendy: “The question is how do you get to be president of the United States if you are not?“