I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

Everyone has something of the spiti that animates the artist

Weeping for the dead's a waste of breath -they're lucky, they can't die again.

Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently.

I've always found music that is carnal very attractive but not in the most obvious way.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.

We're always looking for something.

Once asked what action he would recommend if a person were to feel a nervous breakdown coming on: Lock up your house, go across the railroad tracks, and find someone in need and do something for him.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

Every working mother struggles with the BlackBerry, knowing the boss can call.