Lawrence Wright

Jimmy Carter is not loved in Israel, and yet no American president gave them a greater gift than Jimmy Carter gave them…

— Lawrence Wright

Look at what Jimmy Carter did. Look at the risks he took for a country that wasn't his. Israel has benefited unbelievably…

— Lawrence Wright

Life gives you so many alternatives to choose from, and... you judge these as best as you can until something comes along…

— Lawrence Wright

Scientology is not a terrorist organization. Scientology has used intimidating tactics and vindictive litigation.

— Lawrence Wright

Coolness is temporary. You can't capture it or create it, it has to be discovered. It has to do with the people…

— Lawrence Wright

Paralysis, anxiety stomachs, arthritis and many ills and aberrations have been relieved by auditing them. An E-Meter shows them up and makes…

— Lawrence Wright

When I went to Egypt right after 9/11 I was very upset. I used to live in Egypt. I had a lot…

— Lawrence Wright

Churches are tax exempt because they are supposed to provide a public good. To prove that good to the IRS, churches arent…

— Lawrence Wright

“Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes…

— Lawrence Wright

When I was in the ninth grade, I had a teacher in Dallas, Texas, named Elizabeth Enlow in English class. Every Friday,…

— Lawrence Wright

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

There are a lot of reporters who I feel are a lot more courageous and fool-hardy than I am. Maybe at the…

— Lawrence Wright

I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are…

— Lawrence Wright

People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these…

— Lawrence Wright

What is interesting to me about film, and documentary film in particular, is that I can write about these people, and you…

— Lawrence Wright

I spent two years in Cairo, and I felt a certain urgency about trying to understand the region and the conflict here,…

— Lawrence Wright

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

If you get into Scientology, you will go to auditing. It's like therapy except that there is an E-meter between you and…

— Lawrence Wright

We've been sending billions and billions of dollars to Israel and Egypt for decades to keep the peace. So as an American…

— Lawrence Wright

If you're on a contract at 'The New Yorker,' the contract specifies the number of words you will publish in the magazine…

— Lawrence Wright

For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans;…

— Lawrence Wright

The Israelis and the Palestinians don't know each other. They live right there, but they've become strangers. And it makes it much…

— Lawrence Wright

“The baby boom eventually prompted Hubbard to order that no one could get pregnant without his permission; according to several Sea Org…

— Lawrence Wright