I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.

Life can make you do many things, even kiss a man with a runny nose.

I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.

My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers. Man is born to protect his family, his children, his wife. But I want you to know that apart from armaments, I have written three books in which I try to educate our youth to show respect for their families, for old people, for history.