Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live with - and it lasts a lifetime.

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.

Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The univeral aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the dominant few.

Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other occupation that might be considered a career.

Satan knows that youth is the springtime of life when all things are new and young people are most vulnerable.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

[Bob] Dylan would cut out phrases from magazines and then paste them together.

We must build an agenda for speedy yet sustainable economic growth that is inclusive of all, is respectful of individuals, responsive to innovation and responsible towards the future generations.

As Gandhi famously responded when asked about "Western civilization," "I wish they had one," the same applies to "international community": "I wish there was one."

In books there's nothing of the fish covered in the coldness of the sea, or the feeling of a star touching space. Bad for business.

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.