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.

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

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

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.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

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

When a young man, I read somewhere the following: God the Almighty said, 'All that is too complex is unnecessary, and it is simple that is needed.' So this has been my lifetime motto – I have been creating weapons to defend the borders of my fatherland, to be simple and reliable.