I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.

I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this.

I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.

Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

When I see Bin Laden with his AK-47, I got nervous. But what can I do, terrorists aren't fools: they too chose the most reliable guns.

I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence.

It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon.

When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

Happiness is like coke — something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else.

I'd like to be remembered for being a good-hearted soul that left this planet better than I found it.

See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.

You get so caught up in what you're writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're living it, and feeling for your characters.

Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me.

It's nice to know that [God] can destroy us in a myriad of ways.

I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

It kind of irritates me that I'm seen as this pretty face. People also say I'm too thin. The truth is pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas.

The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle . . . present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization.