The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.

I've always discovered things for myself, in marvelous freedom.

I think I'm cold, indeed icy, hard. Then there's another reason, one that goes with my frankness: I don't put on act.

I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go.

I certainly won't have an empty life!

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe.