Lawrence Wright Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I don't want to constantly be writing about terrorism and strife.

  Lawrence Wright

  Writing, Want, Terrorism

  "Lawrence Wright brings Mideast conflict to stage". Interview with Lauri Neff, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. October 7, 2010.

• I think when I write movies and plays and books and magazine articles, they're all storytelling, and reality is the common denominator that binds them.

  Lawrence Wright

  Book, Writing, Reality

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• When I'm writing about complicated subjects, it usually involves a world. It could be the world of Scientology or the world of Al Qaeda, or the world of counter-terrorism.I look for emblematic beasts of burden - what I call "donkeys" - who can carry the reader through this world. They serve a different purpose. Donkeys are not especially interesting or likeable, but they are serviceable. They will take you into this world. The distinction I'm trying to make is: It's not about them. It's about the world.

  Lawrence Wright

  Writing, Interesting, Trying

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• I read a lot of books. Here are the books I'm using for my 9/11 project. [Wright gestures to three six-foot-long shelves of books.] As I read them I highlight certain passages. Then I have an assistant write down each quote on an index card and note where it came from.

  Lawrence Wright

  Book, Writing, Feet

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