The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful state, regardless of huma….

My favorite word is 'pumpkin.' You can't take it seriously. But you can't ignore it, either. It takes ahold of your head and that's it. You are a pum….

Life within the Kremlin was shrouded in impenetrable secrecy..

The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bough….

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

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..

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….

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

I think it's important to travel around in order to get a notion of what's going on, to find out what people are think about. I enjoy talking on camp….

By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities..

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because ….

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 struggl….

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..