The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.

In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated.

A great chess player always has a very good memory.

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk.

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

Hatori: "SHIGURE... I WILL TELL EVERYONE IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT YOU, STARTING FROM WHEN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS OLD..."Shigure: "Sorry, Tohru-kun. My lips are sealed!

For the serious artist does not satisfy needs

Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.

This world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.

A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely.

When a good writer is having fun, the audience is almost always having fun too.

The only way to make a man worthy of love is by loving him.