Little by little I changed my mind, and when I was about eighteen, I began to consider the possibility of getting married. Not to have a husband, but to have children.

I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist or rightist.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.

Little by little I changed my mind, and when I was about eighteen, I began to consider the possibility of getting married. Not to have a husband, but to have children.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

One day in 1965 Rajiv wrote me from London, where he was studying, and informed me, 'You're always asking me about girls, whether I have a special girl, and so forth. Well, I've met a special girl.' And when Rajiv returned to India, I asked him, 'Do you still think about her in the same way?' And he said yes. But she couldn't get married until she was twenty-one, and until she was sure she'd like to live in India. Sonia is almost completely an Indian by now, even though she doesn't always wear saris.