Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger.

The Palestinians are a miserable people...and they deserve to be.

The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.

The Jewish connection to Jerusalem is an ancient and powerful one. Judaism made Jerusalem a holy city over three thousand years ago and through all that time Jews remained steadfast to it.

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.

There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.

Integrationists are delighted to live in a democratic country where the rule of law prevails, whereas chauvinists wish to import the customs of the Middle East and South Asia.

Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Leave no stone unturned.

When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing remains true to you but your own self; provided you remain true to it.

Experience isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.

Outcasts always mourn.

Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.

Strip clubs are the only place the band can go if we want to have a drink. You're left alone because the last thing the people there care about is us.

I am no prophet-and here's no great matter.