I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

You either connect or you don't connect. It's not the end of the world. It's a movie.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

The most terrifying fact about the universe not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent

Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem