Biography Quote by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands…

— Vladimir Sorokin

If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible. If you're…

— Mel Brooks

When I'm dead, somebody can write my biography. I wrote a national hymn, an anthem, which I don't want to present to that country.…

— Giorgio Moroder

I think I want to write a biography, something with broad appeal, but I haven't figured out about whom.

— Richard Rhodes

There is a view of Russian exceptionalism, that they are a unique civilisation, a view right since Ivan the Terrible that Russia is a…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

“Tate was sprawled across the bed in his robe early the next morning when the sound of the front door opening penetrated his mind.…

— Diana Palmer

“About Russia: Ironically, in the country where common people’s dislike and fear of their state takes place, we can hear much more talks about…

— Leo Pevsner

“So even that doesn’t make you happy? What about your Seventh Symphony? At least it rallied people. Once you told me how alive you…

— William T. Vollmann

“The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this book I…

— Simon Rich

If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth…

— Fernando Pessoa

I was interested in the ways we can write biography. When you're first starting to write about your own life it feels so shapeless…

— Sarah Gerard