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.

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

Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

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.

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.