Then it was like a genie out of the bottle and it began to walk all on its own and in directions I did not want.

It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines. (...) If someone asks me how I can sleep at night knowing that my arms have killed millions of people, I respond that I have no problem sleeping, my conscience is clean. I constructed arms to defend my country.

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

I am still ready to shake hands with anyone who designs a better assault rifle than mine.

I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence.

I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.

When I see Bin Laden with his AK-47, I got nervous. But what can I do, terrorists aren't fools: they too chose the most reliable guns.