I was unlucky, like my country.

In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody

Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.

However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.

Chess is a test of wills.

In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.

The dog upstairs won't shut up, but I can't hate him, he's up there alone all day, making noise must be the only way he knows he's not a ghost.

I don’t think Will Herondale and a sense of responsibility are even on speaking terms

Obviously, swimming is my strength, but I'm also good at fencing.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

The best museum is Bloomingdales.

I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada.

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

Writing is putting one's obsessions in order.

My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me the space to grow wings, so that when I went out into the world, I could fly.

My life is short. I can't listen to banality.