In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

I still hope to kill Fischer

When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.

After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore - hypocrisy is everywhere.

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

Through artistry, imagination not only allows one to express their creativity, but also their soul.

In our own way, in your own way, we are all of us a masterpiece. Everyone is unique.

Wisdom plus knowledge equals understanding.

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.

We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.

Men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise.

The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you're doing is making criminals rich and powerful.

Time is invincible, impregnable, insurmountable, invulnerable, unstoppable and time is invisible.

The dead sleep in their moonless night; my business is with the living.

The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.