I'd like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.

I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.

For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again.

I was never invited to the White House.

Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're not going to get rich, so you might as well play chess.