It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon.

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

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

My spiritual pain is unbearable. I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle claimed people's lives, then can it be that I a Christian and an Orthodox believer, was to blame for their deaths?

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

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

I was probably born with some designing abilities.