Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

Love and peace are not just words, they are a way of life. And in an honest living, love will always conquer.

And the ultimate question remains, To live, is it a blessing or the punishment itself ?

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Always have sunglasses with you. They're great for when you can't be bothered to put make-up on.

We can't simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

The fruit of love's great tree is poverty; Whoever knows this knows humility.

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

Far from being a “luxury for the rich,” organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone.

What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story.