Mark Miano

Mark Miano asked Lawrence Wright:

What is the process you go through for finding the topic that you want to write about next? What is the feeling you get that tells you, “Yeah, this is what I want to spend the next year of my life on!” Has that feeling ever failed you?

Lawrence Wright Mark, I'm in that moment right now. I suppose it's true for most writers, but what to write next is the greatest problem I face. occasionally, someone will propose a project that seems exactly right for me at the moment. My last book, "God Save Texas," was suggested by my editor at The New Yorker, David Remnick, who asked me to "explain" Texas. I wish somebody would come up with a new one for me now.

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Jon

Jon asked Lawrence Wright:

Mr. Wright: I'm an enormous fan of your non-fiction work and it's so ironic that of all times, now you're coming out with a fictional book. It's either ironic or perfect, I don't know. My question: In a world that is currently going through its own dystopian, sci-fi nightmare, does fiction still have the kind of central place in the public consciousness? Should it?

Chris

Chris asked Lawrence Wright:

With so much of your non-fiction writing taking place in the Islamic world, did it make writing your new novel easier -apart from the medical aspect? Did you base any of your characters in the novel on people you've met or researched from your non-fiction works?

Andy Jessop

Andy Jessop asked Lawrence Wright:

Hey Laurence. Really loved reading The Looming Tower. Were you pleased with the HBO adaption of it?

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