During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

The edge of the sea masks a clock that marks the waves.

Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!" at that point, Apollo would never have happened.

The mind of a poet often performs miracles-a few coarse-grained words, apprehended become bullets and roses.

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.

Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.

Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does.

There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.

It’s simply doing what you’re supposed to do as well as you can when you’re supposed to do it.

No disrespect to anyone. I just didn't know where the flag was.

When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view.