Last summer, Lawrence Wright finished a novel about a virus that starts in Asia, wrecks the economy and kills people worldwide. Now, he hopes 'it doesn't turn out as badly as I forecast.'
It's creepy. It's weird. In some ways I'm keeping score for myself: You know, what did I get right and what did I get wrong? On the other hand, I'm pretty sick of the coincidences and I hope it doesn't turn out as badly as I forecast. But, you know, this was meant to be a kind of warning cry. ...
I made use of some of our nation's best minds, most of them work for the government in one way or another. ... The only difference between me and people in the administration is that I listened to these experts and, you know, the novel reflects the anxiety that they expressed to me.This actually started a decade ago when Ridley Scott had asked me to write a screenplay.
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