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If evil is empathy erosion, and empathy erosion is a form of illness, then evil turns out to be nothing more than a particularly awful psychological disorder.

Who isn't fascinated by evil?

I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery.

I think there's something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can't be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.