32 Quotes by Walter Tevis

All of them?

Don't you get bored sometimes?”, she asked.“What else is there?”, Benny replied.

I am no longer a wife, except by legal fiction.

It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.

Chess isn't always competitive. Chess can also be beautiful.

There had been a few times over the past year when she felt like this, with her mind not only dizzied but nearly terrified by the endlessness of chess.

Chess certainly isn't all there is”, Mrs. Wheatley continued.“It's what I know”, replied Beth.

How old were you when you started playing?”, she asked.“Five. I was District Champion at seven. I hope to be a World Champion one day.”“When?”“In three years.”“You'll be sixteen in three years”, she said, “If you win, what will you do afterward?”.He looked confused. “I don't understand”, he replied.“If you're a World Champion at sixteen, what will you do with the rest of your life?”He still looked confused. “I don't understand”.

Set it up and think it out.”“I don't have to set it up to think it out.