Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.

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

You need to get out of your nest in order to fly.

Music enables mind to compose things in the outer limit of logic.

That's the thing about time travel — you're always moving forward, even when you go back.

If the reason why you're doing anything creative is to make a living, then you're doing it wrong

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory.

I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English.

In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn't go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. He said we were delightful . . .

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved.

Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him.