American - Author | August 2, 1947 -
I was in Austin on 9/11, and there were no flights, so I couldn't get to New York to cover the story, so I had to find more creative ways.
Lawrence Wright
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I think the commentarian has taken over, so now what you get is a lot less reporting and more opinion.
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Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms.
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I got my initiation into the Middle East in 1969 when I went there to teach at the American University in Cairo for two years.
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I was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
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It's their belief, their own will, that holds people in Scientology, even oftentimes when they have been abused.
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Certainly, the two things Scientology has on its side are money and lawyers, but those qualities won't save it if it can't find a way to bring new members into the fold.
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I've always been intrigued by why people believe one thing over another.
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The U.S. is such an unusual place in the world because you can believe anything you want.
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If you call it al-Qaida or bin Ladenism or jihadism, whatever you call it, it's proliferated.
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Our intelligence community was extremely poorly prepared before 9/11.
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Scientology plays an outsize role in the cast of new religions that have arisen in the 20th century and survived into the 21st.
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