England always seems to me like a man swimming with his clothes on his head.
My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
Crying wouldn't help anything now.
Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.
The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees, And the pleased lake, like maiden coy, Trembled but dimpled not for joy.
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.