Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

I still hope to kill Fischer

When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.

After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore - hypocrisy is everywhere.

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

Oil they would buy from anyone. From Satan.

Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.

It's a different thing shooting for 10 weeks in India as opposed to on a set on stage pretending you're in India.

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.

Geology gives us a key to the patience of God.

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter.

You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength

The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability.