“I don't think Jerusalem should be controlled 100% by religious people ...” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

I don't think Jerusalem should be controlled 100% by religious people of any denomination, sect, or religion - even my own.

In the new Georgia, Stalin is no longer Georgian. He's a Russian emperor.

In Georgia, where I spend much time, the democratically elected pro-western President Mikhail Saakashvili has been beleaguered by a riotous opposition which proposes creating a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty, with a Spanish racing driver, Prince 'Jorge' Bagrationi, as king.

If only all straight weddings could be somehow gay-ified.

We gotta get Fannie and Freddie out of government ownership. It makes no sense that these are owned by the government and have been controlled by the government for as long as they have.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.

I think sometimes writers can get themselves into trouble trying to exert a totally controlled and super-knowing tone. This kind of knowingness is not the most promising tone to be sustained throughout a novel, to have a young woman who understands everybody and is always reading a room perfectly.