Not counting the brand of Sunni Islam practised by the so-called Islamic State, there is probably no religion in the world that comes in for more flak than Scientology.

My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks.

I am genuinely a bit confused about the world, a little bit bumbling.

I both admired my father and his writing, and I saw how much he valued it.

I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.

I think I have a slight fear of intimacy.

I think of myself as being quite affable, approachable, fairly easy to get to know.

Scientology is not that different from other religions. And yet, at the same time, we don't have Anglicans doing the things that are alleged to be done in Scientology, at least in the Sea Org.

All religions are, in some basic sense, irrational.

I think people are so immersed in the anti-Scientology mindset by consuming tabloid media and stories about space aliens. It's baffling. When I say I want to see a more positive side of the church, all I'm saying is I want to get past these headlines that talk about aliens and Tom Cruise jumping on a sofa.