Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake.

If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.

Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.

You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.

In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.

For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.

For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.

A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.

She was beginning to recognize it as the feeling of anger taken to such a level it was no longer possible to separate it from any other emotion or thought. In a way, it was a liberating sensation.

I am sure of this: I am not crying. It is just that stupid drops of water that comes out of my eyes, now and then.

The best work and of greatest merit for the public has proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.

Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.

Oh, what a void there is in things.

It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.

When we are willing to accept our experience, just as it is, a strange thing happens: it changes into something else. When we avoid pain, struggle not to feel it, pain turns into suffering.

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.

I think there is no place in the world where I feel closer to the Lord than in one of His holy temples.