I was always very comfortable with who I was. Confident. I’ve never looked at [my body] in a negative way.
I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.
Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim on religious grounds.
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals.
Every time I went on TV I got a threat.
I would rather clean than beg.
All my life I have been a nomad.
I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just the same.
Magic [has] been replaced by machinery.
It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.
Life is an Attitude. It's what you Choose to Believe, ALWAYS.