For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again.

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

Fate was funny that way

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.

Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

I believe every abortion is a tragedy.

The nice thing about Southerners is the way we enjoy our neuroses.

The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.

Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena.

Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life.