Their Souls Were Contagious. ...

People Perish. Books Are Immortal.

History Is Too Important To Be Left To The Historians.

Their Souls Were Contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, Spiders And Vampires: That Was What Lenin Called Them.

First Comes An Idea. Then, Characters Begin To Evolve Out Of The Landscape Of That Idea. And Then, Finally, Characters Dominate: Plot Is Simply A Function Of What These People Might Do Or Be. Everything Has To Flow From Their Personalities; Otherwise It Will Not Be Emotionally Engaging, Or Plausible.

One Cannot See Any World Leader Who Has Got A Grip On The Financial Markets These Days. They're Too Big, Too Fast. I Think That's Quite Scary.