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Quotes from Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master — Bobby Fischer

1943–2008 Iceland

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I'm not as soft or as generous a person as I would be if the world hadn't changed me.

Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master (1961)

I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.

Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master (1961)

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master (1961)

They have nothing on me, those guys. They can't even touch me. Some people rate them better than me. That really bugs me. They think that no Americans play chess. When I meet those Russian patzers I'll put them in their place.

Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master (1961)

I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master (1961)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bobby Fischer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.