When you have increased migration of peoples and ethnic and religious minorities, you develop a set of rules and language the larger society can accept and the minority community can accept.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.

Inspiration works on the same sense as humans, quite generous yet impatient. When it calls, better respond there and then or it moves shop.

We can't be brave without fear.

Perspective is not a science but a hope.

Some say silence is golden, I choose noise!

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.

When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley.