Most likely, the system of mutual relations that has evolved in Eastern Europe and Asia corresponds to another level of governance.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

This would be a secret that I would carry with me, until the day I died.

Is the person I was before dead? Or will the worst things that happened to me eventually get diluted by the rest of my life, become just a part of the story that I've always been writing?

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.

The universe must be full of voices, calling from star to star in a myriad tongues. One day we shall join that cosmic conversation.

I don't believe in the elimination of evil. But I believe in fightin' against evil.

Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

I will never stop complaining.

There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done.

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story.

Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employees a closer part of the unit.