“People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.” PeopleWantTryingKindProblemTechnologyAddressesHelpfulRemedyScientologyPersonal Problems Author: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 strictly forbidden to use the first-person pronoun. There was kind of an electric charge around it. To come out from hiding and use the word 'I' carried a lot of fright for me.” FirstsKindPersonsEndsUseRaceRightsMovementRelationCivil RightsJournalistHidingElectricReportersForbiddenRace RelationsCoveringCivil Rights MovementFirst PersonFrightNashvillePronouns Author: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 other has, then there is a much more likely possibility of making a resolution. But what I see is the opposite. There is a total disclaiming of the validity of the other side, and talk that I find really unsettling, the kind of chatter you get from ultra-right Israelis and Hamas is of annihilation. In that kind of dialogue, there's no way to move toward peace.” KindMovingDifficultPossibilityDialogueResolutionMaking PeaceHamas Author:Lawrence Wright
