I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that.

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

It's great being a journalist, because our office is the world.

The brain is wider than the sky.

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.

Some people believe that they should have two different lives, and one is what they show on TV and one is their personal life. I am not that person.

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every morning for the rest of my life, but that wouldn't solve anything.

The lover is made happier by his love than the object of his affection.

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.