People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I am very optimistic because I have seen the changes in my lifetime. I have seen the world change for the better.… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I get hundreds of emails daily and a lot of feedback from people that are reading or have read my books. When… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm open to love, and I think that I will fall in love with a wonderful man. — 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
I don't want posterity, I don't want anybody to remember me in any way. I don't care about that because I'll be… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I think that my life changed at 50. Many things happened. Menopause, the end of youth and my daughter died that year… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm not willing to sign a contract. They want everything. They want the rights to do the movie and everything else they… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Friendship is all about trust and sharing. Passionate and romantic love is all about sex and emotions. You have to try to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Two thirds of the work in the world is done by women. Women own 1 percent of the assets. Young women are… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
my husband, who is a lawyer, is very careful with words and with the truth. He thinks that the truth exists, and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I think the spirit survives when we die, and nothing is wasted in nature and just as our material body disintegrates and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I see that in the future, things that we have lost in the past will be recovered. There's a search for those… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
At my age, people prefer to stay in a relationship that is not working. I do not understand that. I think it… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I don't think that we have to look like the models in the magazines because they are 19 year olds and they… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
We have all the technology to record things in the streets. Now the historians cannot twist it or change it, because we… — 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
