I’m an enormous fan of American literature, and especially the great novels of Larry McMurtry, ‘Lonesome Dove,’ Cormac McCarthy, Elmore Leonard. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
Every Russian emperor from Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin knows a leader and his security agencies must never be parted. His safety depends on their slavish devotion. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
Trump wants to be the first American tsar. With his hero worship of Putin, his admiration for the apparent omnipotence of the Kremlin, schoolboyish crush on Putin’s gangster swagger and his contempt for democracy, Trump wants to rule with his family, taking decisions purely because he’s right about everything like a tsar. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
I enjoy tequila, which has a strange effect on people and makes parties more fun than warm white wine. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
The vanishing of David Tang is like the unthinkable diappearance of a magnificent palace on a mythical mountaintop. He was a dreammaker, pianist, adventurer, writer, entrepreneur, scholar, connoisseur, and a great friend. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
Around us, we do see attempts to delegitimize Israel, a sort of secret, hidden anti-Semitism growing in many countries, often on the right but also on the left. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
When we were in school, we were told that Stalin was a madman who got control of Europe, which teaches you nothing. Simon Sebag Montefiore Read Quote
