Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

If you see this guy drowning, do not stop him, it might be Peter trying to walk on water reaching Christ.

All the stories live in our bodies, he thinks. Every last one.

Isabel’s indelible absence is now an organ in our bodies whose sole function is a continuous secretion of sorrow.

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

I have to defend my husband.

If I fell down and hurt myself, I never cried. There was no one to hear me.

The responsibility to nightmare is to wake up.

I feel the most vulnerable when I'm in love.

I think it was a lot of trust as well [between me and Daniel Radcliffe]. If we didn't have that, it could be a very painful film [ Swiss Army Man] to go make.

Come o'er the sea, Maiden with me, Mine through the sunshine, storms and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.