I was a political refugee living in Venezuela. I had a job that was twelve hours a day, no money. It was… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And… — 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… — 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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I can't control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after… — 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
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
Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me. — Isabel Allende Copy Share
Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. — Isabel Allende Copy Share
“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
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
“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.” — Isabel Allende Copy Share
“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
“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
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
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
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
“Intimacy needs time to mature—a shared history, tears shed, obstacles overcome, photographs in an album. It’s a slow-growing plant.” — Isabel Allende Copy Share
The idea of the book ["The Japanese Lover"] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets of New… — Isabel Allende Copy Share
