My work is my life, and my life is my work. I invented this assault rifle to defend my country. Today, I am proud that it has become for many synonymous with liberty.

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

Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.

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.

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

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.