Lawrence Wright

I like the serendipitous surprises of reality.

— Lawrence Wright

A donkey is a very useful beast of burden.

— Lawrence Wright

I love apples. I actually do eat an apple a day.

— Lawrence Wright

I get very antsy when I'm not occupied.

— Lawrence Wright

I was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.

— Lawrence Wright

I deplore sexual harassment.

— Lawrence Wright

Dallas was not a caring city, but it was efficient.

— Lawrence Wright

The U.S. is such an unusual place in the world because you can believe anything you want.

— Lawrence Wright

The Middle East has been a part of my life since I was a young man, when I went to teach in…

— Lawrence Wright

I think the commentarian has taken over, so now what you get is a lot less reporting and more opinion.

— Lawrence Wright

I was a very religious teenager, and I moved away from that.

— Lawrence Wright

If you call it al-Qaida or bin Ladenism or jihadism, whatever you call it, it's proliferated.

— Lawrence Wright

Religions prosper in large part because of the communities that they create.

— Lawrence Wright

Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms.

— Lawrence Wright

The ideal 'New Yorker' profile is a person, an interesting person, at a critical point in his life.

— Lawrence Wright

When the price of oil goes up, the entire Texas economy takes a deep breath. Millionaires blossom like rain lilies. News races…

— Lawrence Wright

I've always worried that one day women would figure out how to get along without us and they would be able to…

— Lawrence Wright

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

I was in Austin on 9/11, and there were no flights, so I couldn't get to New York to cover the story,…

— Lawrence Wright

I'm grateful for the ascendancy of women in business and politics, which may yet advance the humanity of those callings.

— Lawrence Wright

This age of terror will end one day, but whether our society can restore the feeling of freedom that once was our…

— Lawrence Wright

From the very beginning of this movement, Scientology has always been a very closeted organization. That aura of secrecy is something that…

— Lawrence Wright

It's their belief, their own will, that holds people in Scientology, even oftentimes when they have been abused.

— Lawrence Wright

If you look at Mormonism, it's a very appealing community. It takes care of itself; there are active charities. It's got a…

— Lawrence Wright

I grew up in the American South, the segregated South. Now we have a black man who is president. It was an…

— Lawrence Wright

In places where money comes out of the ground, luck and a willingness to take risks are the main denominators that determine…

— Lawrence Wright

When I was trained as a journalist, as a race-relations reporter in Nashville covering the end of the civil-rights movement, we were…

— Lawrence Wright

Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not…

— Lawrence Wright

What I've learned is that everybody really wants to sell their story. No matter who they are, everybody feels that what they're…

— Lawrence Wright

“Because David’s mother, Loretta, refused to sign up for that, she and Ron agreed to divorce. She continued in Scientology, rising to…

— Lawrence Wright

People love to talk about the things that are important to them, but oftentimes as a journalist, if you're entering a world…

— Lawrence Wright

When I'm writing about complicated subjects, it usually involves a world. It could be the world of Scientology or the world of…

— Lawrence Wright

In my couple of books, including Going Clear, the book about Scientology, I thought it seemed appropriate at the end of the…

— Lawrence Wright

It's the hardening of these narratives that makes peace so difficult. If each side can see the narrative, the claims that the…

— Lawrence Wright

“VERY EARLY ONE MORNING in July 1977, the FBI, having been tipped off about Operation Snow White, carried out raids on Scientology…

— Lawrence Wright

We hear a lot about theological justifications for the conflicts, but very little about the scientific evidence, which in no way supports…

— Lawrence Wright

“He was so far from being able to carry out such threats that one might conclude that the author of this document…

— Lawrence Wright

I think we give Jimmy Carter too much credit to think he knew what was going to happen when he used the…

— Lawrence Wright

Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare.

— Lawrence Wright

From the very beginning, when you go into Scientology your world narrows down very quickly.

— Lawrence Wright