I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this.

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.

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'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

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

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

Life is composed of different inventions.