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

~Lawrence Wright

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

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What is interesting to me about film, and documentary film in particular, is that I can write about these people, and you trust my judgment, more or less, but when you're confronted yourself with humans who are right there on the screen telling you their story, you make a judgment yourself that is conclusive.

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Craziness doesn't have anything to do with how successful a religion might be.

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

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If you look at Mormonism, it's a very appealing community. It takes care of itself; there are active charities. It's got a successful work ethic. Whatever you might think about the authenticity of their theology or their history, it's immaterial in terms of how the religion itself actually functions.

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A documentary film is a great way of helping people understand because, somehow, when one is able to see the people involved, it lends a certain immediacy and understanding that is hard to get on the page.

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

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I spent two years in Cairo, and I felt a certain urgency about trying to understand the region and the conflict here, in the modest way that a journalist might be able to try and shed some understanding and enlightenment on a region that is profoundly conflicted, and a conflict that has real consequences for Americans.

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What I've learned is that everybody really wants to sell their story. No matter who they are, everybody feels that what they're doing is the right thing, and if they could only explain themselves to a reasonable person that understands them, then maybe they'll listen.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 2nd, 1947

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