Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.

The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.

If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each.

Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Every effort must be made to increase forfeiture income.

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

Failure is an opportunity to reflect and realize.

Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.

The society of women is the foundation of good manners.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.

If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?

I was always looking for a career that could combine my creative interests with my technical side, and it ends up directing films is the perfect combination.

Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

I am very much a creature of habit, and I have no life consistency. None.

I love a man who can wear my underwear.