You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances

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

I was never invited to the White House.

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

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

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.

I don't care! I don't have to show anybody my games just because they're a big shot!