You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages.… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
My mum said that as you age you have to smell good and be clean and don't hate anybody because that makes… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Every time I asked a question, that magnificent teacher, instead of giving the answer, showed me how to find it. She taught… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, and my grandchildren, my mother, my dog,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Having a point to start is important. You know that when you decide to write something it's like a commitment. It's like falling in… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“The writer and the dreamer have so much in common: They can't control the plot, they are always part of the story or the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.” — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“At times I feel as if I had lived all this before and that I have already written these very words, but I know… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have to write… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm surrounded by the scene of aging. I myself am in my 70s and not getting any younger. Although I'm very healthy, and I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
