Life within the Kremlin was shrouded in impenetrable secrecy.

I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same levels were reached under the czars. I wanted to confirm it, but by then the censors were on to me.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.

I think that it is a great achievement to put a person on the moon. But to put a person on the earth-that is even more.

No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization, a nation now struggling to find a new and valid philosophy of existence, will be propelled by the transcendental forces of the nuclear age.

I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.

Why can't a state that launches cosmonauts into space provide enough eggs and milk for its city children during the winter months?