“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.”

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.