I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.

This Islam business kidnapped me.

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomen. To the same degree that I do not understand power, I do understand those who oppose power, who criticize power, who contest power, especially those who rebel against power imposed by brutality.

There are three points of view to everything - mine, yours, and the truth.