Islam explicitly rejects dictatorship and there are no traditions of the Prophet or passages in the Qur'an which clearly give dictators this support.

Islam and Islamic values now have a level of immunity from comment and criticism in the Western world that Christianity has lost and Judaism has never had.

The object of jihad is to bring the whole world under Islamic Law.

The general perception, in much of the Middle East, is that the United States is an unreliable friend and a harmless enemy. I think we want to give the exact opposite impression.

I think that the growing government control of the press is very clear. Turkey is still not a dictatorship, there is still some freedom of the press, but I think it's moving in the wrong direction.

A remarkable feature of Islam is that it gives dignity even to the humblest illiterate peasants. It gives them a certain human dignity which one doesn't find in other societies.

Islam does give human dignity, certainly. The point I wanted to make is that it is great foolishness to try to impose our notions of democracy. They have their own traditions.

Christians and Muslims share the belief that they are the fortunate recipient of the final God message.

Not being interested in other cultures is the normal state of mankind.

America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend.

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

The fundamental difference between books and movies is that the length of a book does not depend upon the capacity of the human bladder.

There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.

Most of us have made the mistake that after they crossed the Red Sea they spent 40 years in the wilderness fighting amongst each other.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

One must confront vague ideas with clear images.

Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.

Autobiographies, for the most part, to me, are like writing a love letter to yourself.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefitted.

The man who sweats under his mask, whose role makes him itch with discomfort, who hates the division in himself, is already beginning to be free.