“In places where money comes out of the ground, luck and a willingness to take risks are the main denominators that determine one's future, not talent or education or hard work. Money that is so easily acquired somehow comes to seem well deserved, because those who have it must be either uniquely perspicacious or divinely favored.”

American writer and journalist

Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. His work appears in journalism and long-form writing, and he is known for his reporting and commentary in those settings. He has 77 quotes on the site.