Lawrence Wright

we were always aware of the threat that we were going to be sued and it never happened in fact it never happened with um the book it never happened in in the united kingdom where we also sold it and they have these very uh you know aggressive libel laws there and it didn't happen there it didn't happen with the with the series with the television movie so um uh you know it was all empty threats

But, you know, there was, you know, the private detectives, you know, that was, in my case, kind of a joke. You know, he followed me around, but I rarely go anywhere. But if I had a speech or I'm in a band, sometimes he would come to my gigs, which I was always grateful for. You knew who he was? Yeah, he came and identified himself one time at the,

But, you know, there was, you know, the private detectives, you know, that was, in my case, kind of a joke. You know, he followed me around, but I rarely go anywhere. But if I had a speech or I'm in a band, sometimes he would come to my gigs, which I was always grateful for. You knew who he was? Yeah, he came and identified himself one time at the,

But, you know, there was, you know, the private detectives, you know, that was, in my case, kind of a joke. You know, he followed me around, but I rarely go anywhere. But if I had a speech or I'm in a band, sometimes he would come to my gigs, which I was always grateful for. You knew who he was? Yeah, he came and identified himself one time at the,

uh at one of my gigs and asked me to sign his book so hi lawrence i'm the uh scientology pi and uh and uh to uh follow you around can we sell my book yeah well they uh they are the other thing that you know they you know the new yorker around valentine's day every year has this anniversary issue we just published our 100th anniversary so we had

uh at one of my gigs and asked me to sign his book so hi lawrence i'm the uh scientology pi and uh and uh to uh follow you around can we sell my book yeah well they uh they are the other thing that you know they you know the new yorker around valentine's day every year has this anniversary issue we just published our 100th anniversary so we had

uh at one of my gigs and asked me to sign his book so hi lawrence i'm the uh scientology pi and uh and uh to uh follow you around can we sell my book yeah well they uh they are the other thing that you know they you know the new yorker around valentine's day every year has this anniversary issue we just published our 100th anniversary so we had

But there's always this Victorian gentleman with the monocle and the butterfly on the cover. And his name is Eustace Tilley. And the Scientologists made up a mock New Yorker with me as Eustace Tilley.

But there's always this Victorian gentleman with the monocle and the butterfly on the cover. And his name is Eustace Tilley. And the Scientologists made up a mock New Yorker with me as Eustace Tilley.

But there's always this Victorian gentleman with the monocle and the butterfly on the cover. And his name is Eustace Tilley. And the Scientologists made up a mock New Yorker with me as Eustace Tilley.

looking disheveled and just out of the gutter and then out of the top hat i was wearing because paul haggis and uh they passed him out in front of time square office in there you know and uh so it's a treasured artifact in my collection but um that but the harassment that the sources got was very personal and um you know they were followed they were you know they're Garbage was empty.

looking disheveled and just out of the gutter and then out of the top hat i was wearing because paul haggis and uh they passed him out in front of time square office in there you know and uh so it's a treasured artifact in my collection but um that but the harassment that the sources got was very personal and um you know they were followed they were you know they're Garbage was empty.

looking disheveled and just out of the gutter and then out of the top hat i was wearing because paul haggis and uh they passed him out in front of time square office in there you know and uh so it's a treasured artifact in my collection but um that but the harassment that the sources got was very personal and um you know they were followed they were you know they're Garbage was empty.

They were spied on constantly. They were harassed, threatened, and they paid a price. When the movie came out, we put it in theaters for a couple of weeks in Austin, where I live. A woman came out of the theater, and she was so worked up. She drove her car through the front door of the Scientology building in Austin, which is right across from the university. Jesus. And she didn't stop there.

They were spied on constantly. They were harassed, threatened, and they paid a price. When the movie came out, we put it in theaters for a couple of weeks in Austin, where I live. A woman came out of the theater, and she was so worked up. She drove her car through the front door of the Scientology building in Austin, which is right across from the university. Jesus. And she didn't stop there.

They were spied on constantly. They were harassed, threatened, and they paid a price. When the movie came out, we put it in theaters for a couple of weeks in Austin, where I live. A woman came out of the theater, and she was so worked up. She drove her car through the front door of the Scientology building in Austin, which is right across from the university. Jesus. And she didn't stop there.

She drove around knocking over shelves and, you know, decks and desks and stuff. Oh, my God. She did a thoroughgoing job, and I had to issue a statement disavowing violence in any form. But they closed it down for a long time. Now it's back and revivified, but... People were upset about what they saw on that talk.

She drove around knocking over shelves and, you know, decks and desks and stuff. Oh, my God. She did a thoroughgoing job, and I had to issue a statement disavowing violence in any form. But they closed it down for a long time. Now it's back and revivified, but... People were upset about what they saw on that talk.

She drove around knocking over shelves and, you know, decks and desks and stuff. Oh, my God. She did a thoroughgoing job, and I had to issue a statement disavowing violence in any form. But they closed it down for a long time. Now it's back and revivified, but... People were upset about what they saw on that talk.

They have a lot of money, and they have a lot of lawyers, and they don't have a lot of members, and they don't have the kind of celebrity profile that they enjoyed for so many years. But, of course, they're so secretive about their membership and their budget and everything. It's only estimate. But people report that nobody's in those buildings. And I don't wish harm on Scientology.