“Saddam Hussein admired, studied, and copied Stalin, the paragon of mod...” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

“Saddam Hussein admired, studied, and copied Stalin, the paragon of modern dictators.”

“As a youth, I was much more of a Zionist. But Israel was very different then. Israel's changed, and so have I.”

“Mugabe's resignation fascinates because the fall of tyrants is always a family story, decline of the father, writ large. What a strange creature he is.”

“I think my biggest problem as a creative person trying to work within a business for profit was that it was very important to me that people liked me. Over the years, observing other showrunners who made work that I so admired, I realized that that had to go. This couldn't be my first priority. My first priority had to be the work.”

“In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really want to open. This is a man who is a chemist and who specializes in making bombs and despises humanity.”