However, no human being - and certainly no man - has the right to define for me what my understanding of God is.

I mean there is an assumption made that Islam is about submission, and I think that the submission that we have is to God.

And so, you know, you can be - and I hope that I am - a thinking Muslim.

...You haven't I suppose ever mixed with politicians at close quarters. They're awful...their stupidity is inhuman.

Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

Religious nuts, atheists, theists, as too most scientists fail to "get" IT - the Ultimate Reality - because they seek it through ego.

Probably it's true, The Purge works for the government, who knows?

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

Trust is something that happens within people only when it is created between people.

I sometimes think young people are not given nearly enough credit for their ability to appreciate literary flourish.

Anytime there's a fire in a negro community and it's burning out of control, you send any one of them, send Whitney Young in to put it out.

We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?

There are many hearing me who now know well that they are not Christians because they do not love to give. To give largely and liberally, not grudging at all, requires a new heart.