Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.

In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated.

A great chess player always has a very good memory.

A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk.

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

I yearn for that livin' large, but mama I ain't done yet/Sit back and watch your son rise, kick back and know your son set

It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.

I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.

Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service.

however many resolutions one makes, one's pen, like water, always finds its own level, and one can't write in any way other than one's own.

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.