If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
Being a friend of Fischer obviously is no undivided pleasure, though being Fischer seems sadder.
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its power.
Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it.
Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying.
How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future.
Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.
When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.