Feisal Abdul Rauf

My life has been devoted to peacemaking.

I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace.

'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.

I don't go down the road of condemning.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.