Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn't just "trusting in God" to give me the moves.

Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don't know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.

Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.

Most people are sheep, and they need the support of others.

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!