“Do you know what I hold in my hand? Absolute power.”— Nigel Williams, Catherine the Great, Helen Mirren, imdb.com
“In the end I began to understand. There is such a thing as absolute power over narrative. Those who secure this privilege for themselves can arrange stories about others pretty much where, and as, they like. Just as in corrupt, totalitarian regimes, those who exercise power over others can do anythi…”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com