Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...

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

We can lift the soul to the heavens with daily dance.

Who I am inside determines how I feel about my body instead of the other way around

Dames are always pulling a switch on you.

Who takes the blame: the leader who talks of poverty but lives in luxury, or the poor who choose a leader of that type?

Everything I do, I'm sort of half in, half out.

All improvement happens project by project and in no other way.

I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.

One of the things that I've noticed over the years is that I seem to be fascinated as a writer with the notion that we already have all that we need.