When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.

If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

We want to care most about what Jesus cares most about.

Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

I always loved the look of musicians. I've always admired them because they have a look - when I was growing up, it seemed that the ones I liked didn't need to have a stylist.

Before one blames, one should always find out whether one cannot excuse.

Just think, right now as you read this, some guy somewhere is gettin' ready to hang himself.

To be nice to people and make them happy - that's my philosophy in life.

I needed time to stand back and go through a lot more experience in life. Then I have something to write about, joke or to animate.

The world needs an enema.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.