It's easy enough to predict that there will be conflict, but you place yourself in a maelstrom when you offer a view… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I grew up in the American South, the segregated South. Now we have a black man who is president. It was an… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, when I was reporting on conflict somewhere in the world or prison or wherever I might be, I'd be struck by… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
If you look at all those terrorist groups - I'm talking, going back, Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Nusra, al-Qaeda, ISIS - they're all proxy… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
We hear a lot about theological justifications for the conflicts, but very little about the scientific evidence, which in no way supports… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
If we're talking about Sinai, we can't understand it without the 1967 and 1973 wars, and you can't understand it without the… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I spent two years in Cairo, and I felt a certain urgency about trying to understand the region and the conflict here,… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Look at what Jimmy Carter did. Look at the risks he took for a country that wasn't his. Israel has benefited unbelievably from that.… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Religions prosper in large part because of the communities that they create. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
If you have great characters, then your reader becomes emotionally invested in those people. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
“However, twelve former Sea Org members told me that Miscavige had assaulted them; twenty-one have told me or testified in court that they have… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
The Israelis and the Palestinians don't know each other. They live right there, but they've become strangers. And it makes it much more difficult… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
“Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes on the… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
To me the notion that Palestinians are actually Jews is, I think, quite revelatory and very radical and a possible bridge that has been… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
