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Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

A crenelated wall of books encircles my bed, its tottering towers looming ever taller, always on the verge of collapsing onto oblivious sleepers.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: June 27, 1965

Topics

Wall Bed Always Books Towers Ever

The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.

Tommy Lee Jones

War People Me Old Attack Sense

I don't know what to say about it except Tom Hanks is a great person, a serious person; he's dissatisfied in a very likeable way, in a very discreet way, and Steven Spielberg is similar in his discretion and drive. But Spielberg is calm. He's this driven filmmaker and visionary. He really is.

Great Drive Calm Person Know Say

I stopped eating processed sugar and carbohydrates.

Eating Sugar Carbohydrates Processed

In the Communist era, excrement took on political importance, because Party policy decided excrement was essential for the Great Agricultural Leap Forward.

Great Forward Political Party Leap

I just want a guy that is secure with himself and is not intimidated by what I do and how I can provide for myself, because I don't need a man for that, nor have I ever looked for a man to just take care of me.

Myself Man Me Care Take Care I Can

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

People Know Street Like DJs

I know that when a fighter is out of the ring for more than two years, when he comes back he isn't the same anymore. Each fighter is different. But each must think, even if something goes wrong, 'I have to make this decision and live with it for the rest of my life.'

Life Live Decision Rest Think Back

It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story.

Rest Story You Know Test Take

The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.

Government World Image Union Been

If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

Philippe Falardeau

Writing You Creation Scratch Lot

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

Environmental Think Tax Reasons

My time on television began, and I started playing victims. I did about 10 or 12 years of them, which gets boring, right?

Time Television Boring Right Years

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